Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) would, if enacted, be in contravention of the Declaration of Rights or any other provision of this Constitution, the House of Assembly or the Senate shall not pass the Bill containing that provision. (4) If the House of Assembly or the Senate, acting under subparagraph (3), does not pass a Bill or amends a Bill so that it would not, if enacted, be in contravention of the Declaration of Rights or any other provision of this Constitution— (a) the Speaker shall report to the President of the Senate accordingly; or (b) the President of the Senate shall report to the Speaker accordingly; as the case may be. Procedure in regard to Bills where certificate of urgency is issued 5. (1) A Vice-President or a Minister may certify that a Bill, other than a Constitutional Bill, originating in the House of Assembly which has been passed by the House of Assembly is so urgent that it is not in the national interest to delay its enactment. (2) If— (a) the Senate and the House of Assembly have not agreed upon the amendments to be made to a Bill in respect of which a certificate has been issued under subparagraph (1) before the expiration of a period of eight sitting days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate; or (b) a Bill in respect of which a certificate has been issued under subparagraph (1) has not been passed by the Senate before the expiration of a period of eight sitting days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate; the Bill may, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, be presented to the President for assent in the form in which it was passed by the House of Assembly with such amendments, if any, as the Senate and the House of Assembly may have agreed. (3) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (2) shall not be presented to the President for assent unless a resolution that the Bill be presented to the President for assent has been passed by the House of Assembly after the expiration of a period of eight sitting days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate. (4) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (2) shall not be presented to the President for assent unless it is accompanied by a certificate from the Speaker stating that the Bill is a Bill to which the provisions of subparagraphs (2) and (3) apply and that the Bill may lawfully be presented for assent by virtue of those provisions. (5) A Bill presented to the President for assent pursuant to a resolution of the House of Assembly referred to in subparagraph (3) shall be deemed to have been duly passed by Parliament in the form in which it is presented to the President. - 119 -