(d) upon the Member becoming President of the Senate or Speaker or a member of the other House; (e) if the Member is absent from twenty-one consecutive sittings of any session without leave of the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be; (f) if the Member accepts public office or office as a member of a statutory body, provincial council or local authority or employment as an employee of a statutory body, provincial council or local authority; (g) if the Member was a public officer or a member or employee of a statutory body, a provincial council or a local authority when he or she became a Member of Parliament, and he or she fails to relinquish that office, membership or employment within thirty days after becoming a Member of Parliament; (h) if the Member is convicted(i) in Zimbabwe of an offence; or (ii) outside Zimbabwe of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe, would be an offence; and sentenced to death or to an effective term of imprisonment of six months or more without the option of a fine or without the option of any other non-custodial punishment, unless A. the Member has received a free pardon; or B. on appeal the Member's conviction is set aside or the sentence of imprisonment is reduced to less than six months or a punishment other than imprisonment is substituted; (i) if the Member has been declared insolvent under a law in force in Zimbabwe and has not been rehabilitated or discharged, or if the Member has made an assignment under such a law with his or her creditors which has not been rescinded or set aside; (j) if the Member has ceased to belong to the political party of which he or she was a member when elected to Parliament and the political party concerned, by written notice to the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be, has declared that the Member ceased to represent its interests in Parliament; (k) if the Member is certified to be mentally disordered or intellectually handicapped under any law in force in Zimbabwe; or (l) if the Member has been convicted of an offence under the Electoral Law and has been declared by a court to be disqualified for registration as a voter or from voting at any election. 119 Expulsion or suspension of Member of Parliament (1) If a Member of Parliament is convicted of an offence and sentenced to an effective term of imprisonment of less than six months or to a fine or other punishment, and the House of which he or she is a Member resolves by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all its Members— (a) that the Member is unfit to continue as a Member of that House, the Member must immediately vacate his or her seat; - 52 -