CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September, 2005 (2) The Parliamentary Legal Committee— (a) may, in examining any statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument in terms of subsection (1), report to Parliament or to the Minister or authority concerned, as the case may be, whether in its opinion any provision of the statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument would, if enacted, be or, as the case may be, is ultra vires the enabling Act; (b) shall perform such other functions as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament or in Standing Orders. (3) Standing Orders shall make provision for matters relating to the Parliamentary Legal Committee. (4) The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 4 shall apply in respect of the reports of the Parliamentary Legal Committee on Bills and statutory instruments. [Section as inserted by section 8 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] PART 4 General Matters Relating to Parliament 41 Tenure of seats of members (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the seat of a member of Parliament shall become vacant only— (a) on his death; (b) on the dissolution of Parliament next following his election or appointment; (c) if he resigns his seat by notice, in writing, to the Speaker or to the Clerk of Parliament; [Paragraph as amended by section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] (d) if he is absent from twenty-one consecutive sittings during any session without the leave of Parliament and Parliament has resolved, by the affirmative votes of more than one-half of its total membership, that the seat shall become vacant; (e) if, being a member referred to in section 38(1)(a) and having ceased to be a member of the political party of which he was a member at the date of his election to Parliament, the political party concerned, by written notice to the Speaker, declares that he has ceased to represent its interests in Parliament; (f) if he becomes President; (g) if he becomes Speaker; (h) if, being a member referred to in section 38(1)(a), he accepts office as Provincial Governor; (i) if, being a member referred to in section 38(1)(b), he ceases to hold office as Provincial Governor; Reissue 48 14th September, 2005