2016 GENERAL LAWS AMEND!\·lbfiT No.3 3 I 3 ( 1) The Auditor-General may be removed from office only for(a) (b) (c) inability to perform the functions ofhis or her office because of mental or physical incapacity; or gross incompetence; or gross misconduct. (2) If the A1inister responsible for finance, with the concurrence of the parliamentary committee responsible for public accounts, informs the President that the question o.frenwvinf? the Auditor-Genera/from office ought to be investigated, the President must appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter. ( 3) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) must consist of at least three members appointed by the President, of whom- (a) at least one must be a person who has served as a judge; and (b) at least one must be chosen from a panel of at least three persons who ha'v'e been nominated by the institute or association established by law to represent public auditors in Zimbabwe. (4) The institute or association referred to in subsection (3 )(b) must nominate the panel referred to in that subsection when called upon to do so by the President. ( 5) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) must inquire into the question of removing the Auditor-General from office and, having done so, must report its findings to the President and recommend whether or not the Auditor-General should be removed, and ~fthe tribunal so recommends the President must, by order under the public seal, remove the Auditor-Genera/from office. (6) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) has the same rights and powers as commissioners under the Commissions of Inquiry Act [Chapter 10:07}, or any law that replaces that Act. 314 An Act of Parliament must providefor the appointment ofa board to employ persons to assist the Auditor-General in the exercise of his or her functions, and must also provide for(a) the qual¢cations of those persons; (b) the conditions of service, conduct and discipline of those persons; (c) the independence, impartiality and integrity of those persons; and (d) the organisation, efficiency and well-being of the Auditor-General's office. NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe as follows-". 2. In section 2 ("lnterpretation")(a) in the repeal of the definition of "Comptroller and Auditor-General" and the substitution of""Auditor-General" means the person appointed in tem1S of section 309 of the Constitution;"; (b) in the definition of"officer" by the deletion of"Comptroller and AuditorGeneral" the substitution of "Auditor-General". 3. By the repeal of section 3 and the substitution of- 111