CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (ii) the qualifications or eligibility of any person to be appointed as a member of the Commission in terms of subsection (1)(b); (iii) the vacation of or removal from office of any member of the Commission who becomes disqualified or ineligible as a member or on the grounds of misconduct or inability to hold office as a member; (iv) the procedure at meetings of the Commission; (v) the appointment and functions of a chief executive of the Commission to manage the funds and affairs of the Commission; (vi) the making of reports to Parliament on the conduct of any election or referendum; (b) may make provision for⎯ (i) functions related to elections and referendums that are additional to those specified in subsection (4); and (ii) the manner in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall exercise its functions; and (iii) the appointment and discipline of the staff of the Commission. [Section as substituted by s. 17 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 62 Sessions (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the sessions of Parliament shall be held in such place and shall begin at such time as the President may, by proclamation in the Gazette, fix. (2) There shall be a session of Parliament beginning in every calendar year so that a period of more than one hundred and eighty days shall not intervene between the last sitting of either House in any one session and the first sitting of Parliament in the next session. [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] 63 Prorogation or dissolution (1) The President may at any time prorogue Parliament. [Subsection as substituted by section 6 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the President may at any time dissolve Parliament. [Subsection as substituted by section 6 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (3) ….. [Subsection repealed by section 6 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (4) Parliament, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years beginning on the date when Parliament first meets after any general election and shall then stand dissolved: Consolidation 64 14th September, 2005

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