constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:49 16 Public Protector (1) The Public Protector Act [Chapter 10:18] is repealed. (2) Any matter that was being dealt with by the Public Protector immediately before the effective date must be transferred to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission for finalisation. 17 Transfer of funds in old Consolidated Revenue Fund The funds which, immediately before the effective date, stood to the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund established by the former Constitution become the Consolidated Revenue Fund established by this Constitution. 18 Courts and legal proceedings (1) In this paragraph-"pending constitutional case" means-(a) an appeal, application or reference in which an alleged contravention of the Declaration of Rights contained in the former Constitution is in issue; or (b) any case in which a constitutional matter, as defined in section 332 of this Constitution, is in issue; and which, immediately before the effective date, is pending before the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe constituted under the former Constitution. (2) Notwithstanding section 166, for seven years after the effective date, the Constitutional Court consists of-(a) the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice; and (b) seven other judges of the Supreme Court; who must sit together as a bench to hear any constitutional case. (3) A vacancy on the Constitutional Court occurring in the first seven years after the effective date must be filled by another judge or an additional or acting judge, as the case may be, of the Supreme Court. (4) Until different provision is made by or under an Act of Parliament-(a) rules may be made under the Supreme Court Act [Chapter 7:13] to regulate the procedure of the Constitutional Court; (b) the rules of the Supreme Court apply, with any necessary changes, to the procedure of the Constitutional Court in relation to any matter that is not provided for in rules made in terms of subparagraph (a); but any such rules, in so far as they apply to the procedure of the Constitutional Court, must be consistent with section 85 and Chapter 8. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 164