CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005
(b) where he has been elected in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection
(3), on the day upon which he is declared to be elected.
[Subsection as amended by section 2 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(6) Before entering upon his office, a person elected as President shall take and
subscribe before the Chief Justice or other judge of the Supreme Court or the High
Court the oaths of loyalty and office in the forms set out in Schedule 1.
29 Tenure of office of President
(1) The term of office of the President shall be a period of six years:
Provided that—
(i) the President shall continue in office until the person elected as President at
the next election of President assumes office;
(ii) …..
[Paragraph repealed by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(2) The President may resign his office by lodging his resignation in writing with
the Speaker.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(3) The President shall cease to hold office if a report prepared by a committee of
Parliament, appointed by the Speaker upon the request of not fewer than one-third of
the members of Parliament, has recommended the removal of the President on the
ground—
(a) that he has acted in wilful violation of this Constitution; or
(b) that he is incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason of
physical or mental incapacity; or
(c) of gross misconduct;
and the members of Parliament have resolved by the affirmative votes of not less
than two-thirds of their total number that the President should be removed from
office.
[Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
30 Presidential immunity
(1) The President shall not, while in office, be personally liable to any civil or
criminal proceedings whatsoever in any court.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1), it shall be lawful to institute civil or criminal proceedings against a person after he has ceased to be President, in respect of—
(a) things done or omitted to be done by him before he became President; or
(b) things done or omitted to be done by him in his personal capacity during his
term of office as President;
and, notwithstanding any provision contained in any law relating to prescription or to
the limitation of actions, the running of prescription in relation to any debt or liability
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