and the President shall forthwith, by proclamation in the Gazette, revoke the declaration or
provide that the declaration shall relate to such lesser area, as the case may be.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(6) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsections (1) to (5), Parliament may at any
time resolve in relation to the whole of Zimbabwe or any part thereof that a situation exists
which—
(a) if allowed to continue, may lead to a state of public emergency; and
(b) may require the preventive detention of persons in the interests of defence, public
safety or public order.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(7) A resolution under subsection (6) shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (8) and
unless Parliament has specified that it shall have effect for a period of less than one year, have
effect for a period of one year beginning with the day on which it is passed.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(8) Parliament may continue a resolution under subsection (6) for a further period, not
exceeding one year.
[Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, Parliament may at any time
resolve—
(a) that a resolution under subsection (6) shall cease to have effect; or
(b) that a resolution under subsection (6) shall relate to such lesser area as Parliament may
specify.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(10) A declaration under subsection (1) or a resolution under subsection (6) may be
continued in accordance with this section notwithstanding that it has previously been continued.
(11) No resolution under subsection (2), (4), (6) or (8) shall be deemed to have been duly
passed unless it receives the affirmative votes of more than one-half of the total membership of
Parliament.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(12) Where Parliament passes a resolution under subsection (6), (8) or (9), the Clerk of
Parliament shall forthwith cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of such resolution and
the effect thereof.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9,
and section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14]
(13) …
[Subsection repealed by section 4 of Act 4 of 1993 - Amendment No. 12]
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