ss 41–45 CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (3) A person shall be legally qualified for the purposes of subsection (2) if he— (a) has been a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court; or (b) is and has been for not less than five years, whether continuously or not, qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe; or (c) has been a magistrate in Zimbabwe for not less than five years; or (d) possesses such legal qualifications and has such legal experience as the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders considers suitable and adequate for his appointment to the Parliamentary Legal Committee. (4) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (3) (b), the period during which any person has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner, any period during which he was qualified to practise as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included. Parliamentary Legal Committee on Bills and statutory instruments. [Section as inserted by section 8 of Act 31 of 1989] PART 4 40B Functions of Parliamentary Legal Committee (1) The Parliamentary Legal Committee shall examine— (a) every Bill, other than a Constitutional Bill, which has been introduced into Parliament; and (b) every Bill, other than a Constitutional Bill, which is amended after its examination by the Committee, before the Bill is given its final reading in Parliament; (c) every draft Bill transmitted by a Minister to the Secretary to Parliament for reference to the Committee; and (d) every statutory instrument published in the Gazette; and (e) every draft statutory instrument transmitted by the authority empowered to make it to the Secretary to Parliament for reference to the Committee; and shall report to Parliament or the Minister or authority, as the case may be, whether in its opinion any provision of the Bill, draft Bill, statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument would, if enacted, be or, as the case may be, is in contravention of the Declaration of Rights or any other provision of the Constitution. (2) The Parliamentary Legal Committee— (a) may, in examining any statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument in terms of subsection (1), report to Parliament or to the Minister or authority concerned, as the case may be, whether in its opinion any provision of the statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument would, if enacted, be or, as the case may be, is ultra vires the enabling Act; (b) shall perform such other functions as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament or in Standing Orders. (3) Standing Orders shall make provision for matters relating to the Parliamentary Legal Committee. (4) The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 4 shall apply in respect of the reports of the [Section as inserted by section 8 of Act 31 of 1989] General Matters Relating to Parliament 41 Tenure of seats of members (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the seat of a member of Parliament shall become vacant only— (a) on his death; 40