CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 the Bill may be presented to the President for assent in the form in which it was passed by the House of Assembly, except for minor changes required by the passage of time, with such amendments, if any, as the Senate and the House of Assembly may have agreed: Provided that if, in the opinion of the Speaker, a Bill which— (i) originated in the House of Assembly; and (ii) was introduced into the House of Assembly after the expiration of a period of ninety days beginning on the day of the introduction into the Senate of a previous Bill originating in the Senate; contains provisions identical with those contained in that previous Bill, except for minor changes required by the passage of time, the provisions of this subparagraph shall be construed and have effect as though any reference in subparagraphs (a) and (c) to a period of ninety days were a reference to a period of eight sitting days. (2) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) shall not be presented to the President for assent unless a resolution that the Bill be presented to the President for assent has been passed by the House of Assembly after the expiration of a period— (a) in the case of a Bill referred to in subparagraph (a) or (c) of that subparagraph, of ninety days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate; (b) in the case of a Bill referred to in subparagraph (b) of that subparagraph, of ninety days beginning on the day of the return of the Bill to the Senate; (c) in the case of a Bill referred to in the proviso to that subparagraph, of eight sitting days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate. (3) The provisions of subparagraphs (1) and (2)— (a) shall not apply to a Constitutional Bill, a Money Bill or a Bill where a certificate of urgency is issued; (b) shall apply to a Bill in respect of which the President of the Senate has reported under paragraph 4(4) as though any reference in subparagraphs (1) and (2) to a period of ninety days were a reference to a period of one hundred and eighty days. (4) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) shall not be presented to the President for assent unless it is accompanied by a certificate from the Speaker stating that the Bill is a Bill to which the relevant provisions of subparagraphs (1) and (2) apply and that the Bill may lawfully be presented for assent by virtue of those provisions, as read with subparagraph (3)(b), where relevant. (5) A Bill presented to the President for assent pursuant to a resolution of the House of Assembly referred to in subparagraph (2) shall be deemed to have been duly passed by Parliament in the form in which it is presented to the President. (6) In the calculation of any period of ninety days or one hundred and eighty days referred to in this paragraph, no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is prorogued. (7) For the purposes of this paragraph— Consolidation 104 14th September, 2005