CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (5) A person elected as President shall assume office— (a) where he has been elected in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (3), on the expiry of the term of office of the previous President; (b) where he has been elected in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection (3), on the day upon which he is declared to be elected. [Subsection as amended by section 2 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (6) Before entering upon his office, a person elected as President shall take and subscribe before the Chief Justice or other judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court the oaths of loyalty and office in the forms set out in Schedule 1. 29 Tenure of office of President (1) The term of office of the President shall be a period of six years: Provided that— (i) the President shall continue in office until the person elected as President at the next election of President assumes office; (ii) ….. [Paragraph repealed by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (2) The President may resign his office by lodging his resignation in writing with the Speaker. [Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] (3) The President shall cease to hold office if a report prepared by a joint committee of the Senate and the House of Assembly, appointed by the Speaker in consultation with the President of Senate upon the request of not fewer than one-third of the members of House of Assembly, has recommended the removal of the President on the ground— (a) that he has acted in wilful violation of this Constitution; or (b) that he is incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason of physical or mental incapacity; or (c) of gross misconduct; and the Senators and members of the House of Assembly sitting together have resolved by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of their total number that the President should be removed from office. [Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9 and section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 30 Presidential immunity (1) The President shall not, while in office, be personally liable to any civil or criminal proceedings whatsoever in any court. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1), it shall be lawful to institute civil or criminal proceedings against a person after he has ceased to be President, in respect of— (a) things done or omitted to be done by him before he became President; or Consolidation 35 1st October, 2005