Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19)
the provision shall, unless it is sooner repealed or has had its effect, subject to the
provisions of section 24, continue in force after the expiration of the period of two
hundred and seventy days.
(11) Where the Senate or the House of Assembly passes a resolution under
subparagraph (8), (9) or (10), the Clerk of Parliament shall forthwith cause to be
published in the Gazette a notice of such resolution and of the effect thereof.
Money Bills
6. (1) The Senate shall not have power to amend a Bill which is certified by
the Speaker to be a Money Bill but may recommend amendments to the House of
Assembly.
(2) An amendment to a Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) which is
recommended by the Senate shall be duly certified by the Clerk of Parliament and
transmitted to the House of Assembly for its consideration.
(3) After the House of Assembly has considered amendments to a Bill referred
to in subparagraph (1) which have been recommended by the Senate the Bill shall
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 may have been made by the
House of Assembly on the recommendation of the Senate.
(4) If a Bill referred to in 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.
(5) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (4) 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.
(6) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (4) 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 (4) and (5)
apply and that the Bill may lawfully be presented for assent by virtue of those
provisions.
(7) A Bill presented to the President for assent pursuant to a resolution of the
House of Assembly referred to in subparagraph (5) shall be deemed to have been
duly passed by Parliament in the form in which it is presented to the President.
(8) For the purposes of this paragraph, a Bill referred to in subparagraph (1)
shall be deemed to have been introduced into the Senate on the sitting day next
following the day on which a copy of the Bill is transmitted to the Senate in
accordance with paragraph 2(1).
(9) In this Constitution, “Money Bill” means a public Bill which contains only
provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters—
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