Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) (5) For the purposes of this Constitution a person shall be deemed not to have attained a given age until the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the day of his birth. (6) The Interpretation Act for the time being in force in Zimbabwe shall apply to the interpretation of any regulations made by the President in the exercise of a power to make regulations conferred by this Constitution and to the interpretation of any such power. [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 4 of 1993 – Amendment No. 12] 115 Transitional provisions: Schedule 8 (1) In this section and section 11810 and Schedule 8⎯ “after consultation” means that the person required to consult before arriving at a decision makes the consultation but is not bound by the advice or opinion given by the person so consulted; “in consultation” means that the person required to consult before arriving at a decision arrives at the decision after securing the agreement or consent of the person so consulted; “Interparty Political Agreement” means the agreement between the Presidents of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), on resolving the challenges facing Zimbabwe, as set in Schedule 1111, which was signed at Harare on the 15th September, 2008, and witnessed by the President of the Republic of South Africa as facilitator mandated the Southern African Development Community (SADC), as subsequently amended; “Prime Minister” means the Prime Minister whose appointment is referred to in Article 20.1.4 of the Interparty Political Agreement; (2) Schedule 8 shall have effect from the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act, 2008, and continue in force during the subsistence of the Interparty Political Agreement. (3) The provisions of this Constitution shall, for the period specified in subsection (2), operate as amended or modified to the extent or in the manner specified in Schedule 8. [Section as inserted by section 14 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] 10 (sic) There was a section 118 in the Bill for Constitution Amendment 19, but it was omitted from Act No. 1 of 2009. 11 (sic) There is no Schedule 11. Schedule 11 to the Bill for Constitution Amendment 19 did contain a Schedule 11 setting out the Agreement in its entirety, but the Schedule was omitted from Act No. 1 of 2009. - 109 -

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