IMMIGRATION ACT (as at 10th October, 2006) (f) the setting up of boards or other authorities for the selection of immigrants and the functions of such boards or other authorities and the remuneration and allowances of the members thereof. (4) Without derogation from the Interpretation Act [Chapter 1:01], any regulations referred to in subsection (3) may— (a) prescribe different requirements for different classes of persons or for persons of different occupations; (b) limit the number of persons, or the number of persons from any specified country or group of countries, who may be permitted to enter Zimbabwe during any specified period; (c) provide that the Minister may, notwithstanding any limitation imposed in terms of paragraph (b), by written order provide that a specified number of persons in a specified occupation and from a specified country or group of countries may be permitted to enter Zimbabwe during any specified period in addition to the number of persons limited in terms of such paragraph; (d) provide that the Minister may, in his discretion, by notice in writing, exempt any person or class of persons from such regulations. 42 Minister may amend Schedule (1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, at any time amend Part I of the Schedule by adding thereto or removing therefrom the description of any offence. (2) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, at any time amend Part II of the Schedule by altering any monetary amount specified therein, to take into account any change in the value of money. [Subsection inserted by s. 11 of Act 8/2000.] 43 Savings (1) Any permit, warrant, direction, certificate, notice, authority or order issued or given or any bond or deposit entered into or given or any appointment made or any other thing done in terms of a repealed Act which, immediately before the 1st June, 1979, was valid shall, on and after that date, be given effect to as if it had been issued, given, entered into, made or done, as the case may be, in terms of the appropriate provisions of this Act, and this Act shall apply in respect thereof accordingly: Provided that any order or warrant issued in terms of subsection (1) of section 3 or any warrant issued in terms of subsection (1) of section 7 of the Deportation Act [Chapter 25 of 1974] which was not revoked before the 1st June, 1979, shall remain in force until revoked by the Minister and that Act shall continue to apply in respect of such a warrant. (2) Subject to subsection (1), any person who, immediately before the 1st June, 1979— (a) was a prohibited immigrant by virtue of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Immigration Act [Chapter 27 of 1974] shall, on and after that date, be deemed to be or to have been declared, as the case may be, to be a prohibited person in terms of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section fourteen: Provided that section sixteen shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of such a person; or (b) was or was deemed or declared to be a prohibited immigrant in terms of the Immigration Act [Chapter 27 of 1974] shall, on and after that date, be deemed to be or to have been deemed or declared to be a prohibited person in terms of the appropriate provision of this Act; and this Act shall apply in respect of those persons accordingly. - 26 -

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