CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September, 2005
(d) where the time limited for the doing of any thing expires or falls upon a
Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the time so limited shall extend to and
the thing may be done on the first following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;
(e) a reference to a month shall be construed as a reference to a calendar
month;
(f) a reference without qualification to a year shall be construed as a reference
to a period of twelve months.
(4) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the
holder of an office by the term designating his office shall be construed as including a
reference to any person for the time being lawfully acting in or exercising the functions of that office.
(5) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the
power to appoint a person to any public office shall be construed as including a reference to the like power—
(a) to reappoint him to that office;
(b) to appoint him on promotion or transfer to that office;
(c) to appoint him to act in that office;
(d) to fix and vary his conditions of service in that office, including his remuneration and the period of his appointment and any benefits to him in respect
of the termination of his appointment.
[Subsection as substituted by section 15 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11]
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(1) Any power, jurisdiction or right conferred by this Constitution may be exercised and any duty imposed by this Constitution shall be performed from time to time
as occasion requires.
(1a) Where any power, jurisdiction or right is conferred by this Constitution, any
other powers that are reasonably necessary or incidental to its exercise shall be
deemed also to have been conferred.
[Subsection as inserted by section 16 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11]
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 31E(3), where any person has vacated any
office established by this Constitution, he may, if qualified, again be appointed or
elected to hold that office in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
[Subsection as amended by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7]
(3) For the purposes of this Constitution, no person shall be deemed to hold public office by reason only of the fact that he is in receipt of a pension, half-pay, retired
pay or any other like allowance in respect of service in an office that was at the relevant time a public office.
(3a) A body established by or in terms of this Constitution may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership if the members of the body who authorize or
perform the act concerned constitute a quorum of the membership of that body.
[Subsection as inserted by section 19 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7]
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