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Constitution
Chapter I The Republic and the Constitution
Section 1 The Republic
Section 2 Public seal
Section 3 Supreme law
Chapter II Citizenship
Section 4 Citizens of Zimbabwe on Independence
Section 5 Citizenship by birth
Section 6 Citizenship by descent
Section 7 Citizenship by registration
Section 8 Dual citizenship
Section 9 Powers of Parliament in relation to citizenship
Section 10 Interpretation
Chapter III
The Declaration of Rights
Section 11 Preamble
Section 12 Protection of
right to life
Section 13 Protection of right to personal liberty
Section 14 Protection from
slavery and forced labour
Section 15 Protection from
inhuman treatment
Section 16 Protection from deprivation of property
Section 16A Agricultural land acquired for resettlement
Section 16B Agricultural land acquired for resettlement and other purposes
Section 17 Protection from arbitrary search or entry
Section 18 Provisions to secure protection of law
Section 19 Protection of
freedom of conscience
Section 20 Protection of
freedom of expression
Section 21 Protection of
freedom of assembly
and association
Section 22 Protection of
freedom of movement
Section 23 Protection from
discrimination
on the grounds of race, etc.
Section 24 Enforcement of protective provisions
Section 25 Savings in the event of public emergencies
Section 26 Interpretation and other savings
Chapter IV The Executive
Part 1 The President
Section 27 The President
Section 28 Qualifications and election of President
Section 29 Tenure of office of President
Section 30 Presidential immunity
Section 31 Acting President
Section 31A Remuneration of President
Section 31B President and former Presidents not to hold other offices
Part 2 Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Cabinet
Section 31C Vice-Presidents
Section 31D Ministers and Deputy Ministers
Section 31E Tenure of office of Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers
Section 31F Vote of no confidence in Government
Section 31G Cabinet
Part 3 Executive Functions
Section 31H Executive functions of President
Section 31I Prerogative of mercy
Section 31J Public emergencies
Section 31K Extent to which exercise of President's functions justiciable
Chapter V Parliament
Part 1 Parliament
Section 32 Legislative authority
Section 33 Parliament
Part 2 The Senate
Section 34 Composition of Senate
Section 35 Election of President of Senate
Section 36 Tenure of office of President and Deputy President of Senate
Section 37 [...]
Part 3 Composition of House of Assembly, Speaker and Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary Legal Committee
Section 38 Composition of House of Assembly
Section 39 Election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Section 40 Tenure of office of Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Section 40A Parliamentary Legal Committee
Section 40B Functions of Parliamentary Legal Committee
Part 4 General Matters Relating to Parliament
Section 41 Tenure of seats of members
Section 42 Members sentenced to death or to imprisonment
Section 43 Expulsion or suspension of members convicted of certain offences
Section 44 Oath of loyalty
Section 45 Remuneration of President of Senate and Speaker
Section 46 President's power to address and attend Parliament
Section 47 Vice-Presidents, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Attorney-General in Parliament
Section 48 Clerk of Parliament and other staff thereof
Section 49 Privileges of Parliament and members and officers thereof
Part 5 Powers and Procedure of Parliament
Section 50 Legislative powers
Section 51 Mode of exercising legislative powers
Section 52 Alteration of the Constitution
Section 53 Enrolment of Acts
Section 54 Quorum
Section 55 Validity of proceedings
Section 56 Voting
Section 57 Standing Orders
Part 6 Elections and Sessions
Section 58 Elections
Section 59 Delimitation Commission
Section 60 Delimitation of constituencies
Section 61 Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
Section 61A Delimitation of wards and constituencies
Section 62 Sessions
Section 63 Prorogation or dissolution
Chapter VI [replaced by Chapter IV above]
Section 64 [repealed]
Section 65 [repealed]
Section 66 [repealed]
Section 67 [repealed]
Section 68 [repealed]
Section 69 [repealed]
Section 70 [repealed]
Section 71 [repealed]
Section 72 [repealed]
Chapter VII
The Public Service
Section 73 Public Service
Section 74 Public Service Commission
Section 75 Functions of Public Service Commission
Section 76
Attorney-General
Section 77 Secretaries of Ministries, etc.
Section 78 Principal representatives of Zimbabwe abroad
Chapter VIII
The Judiciary
Section 79 Judicial authority
Section 79A Judiciary
Section 79B Independence of judiciary
Section 80 Supreme Court
Section 81 High Court and criminal jurisdiction of other courts
Section 82 Qualifications of judges
Section 83 Oath of office
Section 84 Appointment of judges
Section 85 Acting judges
Section 86 Tenure of office of judges
Section 87 Removal of judges from office
Section 88 Remuneration of judges
Section 89 Law to be administered
Section 90 Judicial Service Commission
Section 91 Functions of Judicial Service Commission
Section 92 Persons presiding over special courts
Chapter IX The Police Force
Section 93 Police Force and Commissioner-General of Police
Section 94 Police Service Commission
Section 95 Functions of Police Service Commission
Chapter X The Defence Forces
Section 96 Defence Forces and command thereof
Section 97 Defence Forces Service Commission
Section 98 Functions of Defence Forces Service Commission
Chapter XA The Prison Service
Section 99 Prison Service and Commissioner of Prisons
Section 100 Prison Service Commission
Section 100A Functions of Prison Service Commission
Chapter XI Finance
Section 101 Consolidated Revenue Fund
Section 102 Withdrawals from Consolidated Revenue Fund or other public fund
Section 103 Authorization of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund
Section 104 Public debt
Section 105 Comptroller and Auditor-General
Section 106 Functions of Comptroller and Auditor-General
Chapter XII Miscellaneous Provisions
Part I General
Section 107 Public Protector and Deputy Public Protector
Section 108 Functions of Public Protector
Section 108A Anti-Corruption Commission
Section 108B Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
Section 109 General provisions as to Commissions, etc
Section 110 Tenure of office of certain persons
Section 111 Chiefs and Councils of Chiefs
Section 111A Provincial, district or regional governors
Section 111B Effect of international conventions, etc.
Section 112 Pensions
Part 2 Interpretation
Section 113 Interpretation
Section 114 Supplementary provisions
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