| Pending /Passed
Legislation |
Veritas
BW Ref |
Identifier |
Status
Date |
Date
Passed |
Date
Gazetted |
Date
Effective |
Status |
Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy (AIPPA) Amendment
Act
Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy (AIPPA) Amendment
Bill |
The Bill makes some
changes to those parts of the AIPPA dealing with the mass media
and journalists. It does not affect provisions dealing with
access to information held by public bodies [Parts II to VI].
|
| 50/2007 |
Act 20/2007 |
23-Jan-08 |
19-Dec-07 |
11-Jan-08 |
11-Jan-08 |
Effective |
| Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) |
To provide members
of the public with a right of access to records and information
held by
public bodies; to make public bodies accountable by giving the
public a right to request
correction of misrepresented personal information; to prevent
the unauthorised collection,
use or disclosure of personal information by public bodies;
to protect personal privacy; to
provide for the regulation of the mass media; to establish a
Media and Information
Commission and to provide for matters connected therewith or
incidental to the foregoing. |
| Act 5/2002.
Amended by AIPPA Amendment Act 2003 effective 07-Jan-05 |
|
15-Mar-02 |
Effective |
| Acquisition
of Farm Equipment or Material Act |
To
provide for the acquisition of farm equipment or material not
being used for agricultural purposes; to amend section 5 of
the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10]; and to provide for
matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
| Act
7/2004, 6/2005 (s.26) |
03-Sep-04 |
03-Sep-04 |
Effective |
Africa Export-Import
Bank (Membership of Zimbabwe and Branch Office Agreement) Act
See:
Africa
Export-Import Bank (Membership of Zimbabwe and Branch Office
Agreement) Bill |
This Bill will enable
legal force to be given in Zimbabwe to the Agreement for the
Establishment of the African Export-Import Bank, which was concluded
in Abidjan on the 8th May, 1993 and of which Zimbabwe is a signatory.
First Schedule to the Bill deals with the privileges and immunities
to be enjoyed by the Bank. Also
accorded the force of law in Zimbabwe are two other Agreements:-
- the
Branch Office Agreement concerning the location in Harare of
the Bank's first branch office (see the Second Schedule to the
Bill). This Agreement goes into detail about the privileges
and immunities of the Branch and its officials.
- the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the occupancy of
a temporary branch office by the Bank and the transfer to the
Bank of title to a piece of land in George Silundika Avenue,
Harare, for the construction of the permanent branch office
(see the Third Schedule to the Bill).
The
main provisions of the Bill and its First Schedule are similar
to the provisions of existing legislation covering other international
financial institutions - the African Development Bank (Membership
of Zimbabwe) Act, the African Development Fund (Zimbabwe) Act,
and the International Financial Organisations Act (IMF, World
Bank, International Finance Corporation and International Development
Association). Only the Bill's provisions for the Branch Office
have no real counterpart in those Acts.
Ministry: Finance
Stage: Has had its second and third reading and was passed by
the House of Assembly on Dec 15 and by the Senate on Dec 19. |
| 14/2006 |
Act 10/2005 |
03-Apr-06 |
19-Dec-05 |
14-Oct-05 |
24-Mar-06 |
Gazetted |
| Agricultural Marketing
Authority Act |
Brought into effect
by SI 69/2005 |
| 12/2005 |
26/2005 |
03-Mar-05 |
15-Dec-04 |
25-Feb-05 |
01-Jun-05 |
Effective |
| AIPPA
Amendment Act |
Brought into operation
by SI 4/2005 |
| Act 21/2004 |
|
|
07-Jan-05 |
07-Jan-05 |
Effective |
| Anti-Corruption
Commission Act |
Brought into operation
by SI 4/2005 |
| 3/2005 |
|
17-Jan-05 |
|
26-Nov-04 |
14-Jan-05 |
Effective |
| Appropriation Bill |
Gives effect to
the approved Estimates of Expenditure |
| 47/2004 |
HB 27/2004 |
21-Dec-04 |
20-Dec-04 |
|
|
Passed |
| Appropriation (2006)
Act |
|
| 01/2006 |
Act 9/2005 |
19-Dec-05 |
19-Dec-05 |
15-Dec-05 |
30-Dec-05 |
Effective |
| Appropriation (2007)
Act |
Gives
affect to the 2007
Budget presented Nov 2006 |
| 1/2007 |
Previously HB 15/2006 |
05-Jan-07 |
|
05-Jan-07 |
|
Gazetted |
Appropriation (Supplementary)
(2005) Act
See:
Appropriation (Supplementary) (2005) Bill |
To apply a further
sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during the year ending
on the 31st December 2005. The Bill was fast tracked through
Parliament. |
| 16 of 6th Parl '05 |
Act 2/2005 |
14-Sep-05 |
12-Sep-05 |
12-Sep-05 |
12-Sep-05 |
Effective |
| Appropriation
(Supplementary) 2006 Act, 2006 (No.7 of 2006) |
To
apply a further sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during
the
year ending on the 31st December, 2006. |
| 62/2006 |
Act 7/2006 |
29-Dec-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
Effective |
| Appropriation
(Supplementary) 2007 Act, 2007 (No.9 of 2007) |
To
apply a further sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during
the
year ending on the 31st December, 2007. |
| 42/2007 |
Act 9/2007 |
19-Oct-07 |
|
19-Oct-07 |
19-Oct-07 |
Effective |
| Appropriation
Amendment Act, 2010 (No.5 of 2010) |
To
apply a further sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during
the
year ending on the 31st December, 2010. |
| 29/2010 |
Bill 5/2010 |
18-Jul-2010 |
|
16-Jul-2010 |
16-Jul-2010 |
Effective |
| Appropriation
Amendment Act, 2012 (No.5 of 2012) |
To
amend the Appropriation (2012) Act, 2011. |
34/2012
36/2012 |
Act 5/2012 |
03-Oct-12 |
25-Jul-12 |
17-Sep-12 |
17-Sep-12 |
Effective |
| Appropriation
(2013) Bill, 2012 |
To
apply a sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during the
year ending on the 31st December, 2013. |
52/2012
53/2012 |
Act 7/2012 |
06-Dec-12 |
27-Nov-12 |
23-Dec-12 |
23-Dec-12 |
Effective |
| Assignments
of Administration of Acts - Statutory Instruments 35 to 67 of
2010 |
These Statutory Instruments
change the Ministry responsible for the administration of a
number of Acts of Parliament. |
| |
SI 35-67/2010 |
06-Apr-10 |
|
06-Apr-10 |
|
Effective |
Attorney
General's Office Act, 2012
Attorney
General's Office Bill, 2010 |
The purpose of the
Bill is to take the Attorney-General's Office out of the Public
Service and to transfer responsibility for administering the
Office to a new Attorney-General's Office Board. In this way,
according to the Bill's preamble, it is hoped that the independence,
effectiveness and efficiency of the Office will be enhanced. |
| 41/2010 |
HB 4/2010
Act 4/2011 |
30-Jun-11 |
10-Jun-11 |
10-Sept-10 |
|
Passed
as Act. Gazetted. Enforcement pending Statutory Instrument. |
| Attorney
General's Office Bill, 2005 |
This Bill aims to
establish the Attorney-General's Office Board, to constitute
the Attorney-General's Office as a service outside the Public
Service and to provide for the administration of the Attorney-General's
Office and conditions of service of its members.
Ministry: Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Stage: Second reading (having had a non-adverse report from
the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC)). It has been introduced
to the House of Assembly.
Note:
This Bill lapsed at the end of the last session and could be
revived by resolution of the House concerned but they are not
on the Order Papers for consideration
|
| 28/2006 |
HB 4/2005 |
17-Jun-06 |
|
29-Apr-05 |
|
Lapsed |
| Banking Amendment
Act |
This Act is designed
to amend the Banking Act by introducing provisions that the
Minister of Finance has to be consulted via the Governor of
the Reserve bank before the registration, cancellation of registration,
changes in ownership or the placing under curatorship of banking
institutions. |
| 16 of 6th Parl '05 |
Act 1/2005 |
14-Sep-05 |
12-Sep-05 |
12-Sep-05 |
12-Sep-05 |
Effective |
Broadcasting
Services Amendment Act, 2007
Broadcasting
Services Amendment Bill, 2007 |
The
Bill amends the Broadcasting Services Act |
| 50/2007 |
Act 19/2007 |
23-Jan-08 |
19-Dec-07 |
11-Jan-08 |
11-Jan-08 |
Effective |
| Broadcasting
Services Act, 2001 |
To
provide for the functions, powers and duties of the Broadcasting
Authority of Zimbabwe; to provide for the constitution of the
Authority; to provide for the planning, management, allocation,
regulation and protection of the broadcasting frequency spectrum
and the regulation and licensing of broadcasting services and
systems; to provide for programme standards; to regulate and
license signal carriers; to encourage and develop the creative
arts through broadcasting content standards; to create a sense
of national identity through broadcasting services; to create
a Broadcasting Fund to help finance local broadcasting and for
related purposes; and to provide for matters incidental to or
connected with the foregoing. |
| |
Act 3/2001 |
|
|
|
04-Apr-01 |
Effective |
| Broadcasting
Services (Access to radio and media during an Election) Regulations,
2005 (Statutory Instrument 22 of 2005) |
Amended
by Statutory Instrument 211 of 2005 with effect from the 28th
October, 2005 |
| 11/2005 |
SI 22/2005 |
17-Feb-05 |
|
16-Feb-05 |
16-Feb-05 |
Gazetted in a Gazette Extraordinary |
| Censorship and Entertainment
Control Amendment Act (No 21 of 1994) |
Brought into operation
by SI 226/2004. The objective of this Amendment is to control
pornography by requiring licensing of video clubs and the like.
Inter alia, it authorises people to search and seize. |
| 2/2005 |
Act 21/1994 |
10-Jan-05 |
|
|
01-Jul-05 |
Effective |
Census
and Statistics Bill
Census
and Statistics Bill as Amended by House Assembly
|
The purpose of
the Bill is:
1) to establish a National Statistics Agency which will provide
an integrated statistical service system; and
2) to provide for the development and management of official
statistics and the setting up of professional standards and
ethics to be adhered to by organisations that produce statistics
for public information.
The NSA will be a fully-fledged parastatal. The current Census
and Statistics Act, which dates from 1971, will be repealed.
Note: under the existing Act there is a Central Statistical
Office, which is a government department, and the proposed
legislation will transfer the functions, staff, assets, etc.,
of that Office, to the NSA.
Notes: Passed
by House of Assembly and Senate. Amendments
changed the name of the new parastatal from National Statistics
Agency to Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT).
Ministry: Economic Development |
| 12/2007 |
HB 12/2006 |
02-Apr-07 |
|
27-Oct-06 |
|
Passed
by House of Assembly with amendments and transmitted to Senate
on 1st March. Final reading in Senate on 8th March. |
| Children's
Act |
To provide for the
establishment of children's courts; to make provision for the
protection, welfare and supervision of children and juveniles;
to provide for the establishment, recognition and registration
of certain institutions and institutes for the reception and
custody of children and juveniles and for the treatment of children
and juveniles after their reception in such institutions and
institutes; to require the contribution by certain persons towards
the maintenance of children and juveniles; to provide for the
adoption of minors; and to provide for matters incidental to
or connected with the foregoing.
Date of commencement: 27th October, 1972 |
Acts 22/1971, 39/1973
(ss. 43 and 52), 43/1973 (s. 4), 18/1974, 44/1974 (s. 4), 26/1979,
15/1981 (s. 66), 29/1981 (s. 59), 15/1982 (s. 3), 11/1986 (s.
29), 24/1987 (s. 8), 2/1989 (s. 7), 20/1994(s. 3), 14/1995;
9/1997 (s. 10) , 22/2001 (s. 4), 23/2001; R.G.N. 327/1977; S.I.
689/1979.
|
|
|
27-Oct-72 |
Effective |
| Citizenship
of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill, 2003 |
This Bill will amend
the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01] so as to provide
for the exemption from renunciation of foreign citizenship requirement
provided in section 9 of the Act. The Bill stipulates the circumstances
in which a person may be exempted. |
| |
|
|
|
14-Feb-03 |
|
Gazetted |
|
Companies Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 5 of 2006) |
To
amend the Companies Act [Chapter 24:03]. |
| 43/2006, 62/2006 |
Act 5/2006 |
29-Dec-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
Effective |
| Consolidated
Land Acquisition Act to Sept 19, 2002 |
To empower the President
and other authorities to acquire land and other immovable property
compulsorily in certain circumstances; to make special provision
for the compensation payable for agricultural land required
for resettlement purposes; to provide for the establishment
of the Derelict Land Board; to provide for the declaration and
acquisition of derelict land; and to provide for matters connected
with or incidental to the foregoing.
[Long title amended by s. 22 of Act 15/2000.] |
| Acts 3/1992, 15/2000,
14/2001, 6/2002 Amendment (No. 2) Act, 2002 - promulgation pending.
This consolidated Act incorporates the four amending Acts to
19th September, 2002. |
|
08-May-92 |
Effective |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe
|
Constitution
of Zimbabwe [New Constitution developed through 2009 - 2013
Constitution
Making Process] |
| |
|
|
22-May-13 |
22-May-13 |
Effective |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe [Incorporating all amendments as of 13 Feb
2009]
|
Constitution
of Zimbabwe incorporating the changes of Amendment 19, reintroducing
the position of Prime Minister as well as other changes outlined
in the Global
Political Agreement of September 2008. |
| Act 25/1981, 27/1981,
1/1983, 4/1984, 4/1985, 15/1987, 23/1987, 4/1989, 31/1989, 15/1990,
30/1990, 4/1993, 9/1993, 14/1996, 10/1998, 5/2000, 5/2005, 11/2007
and 1/2009 |
13-Feb-09 |
|
|
13-Feb-09 |
Effective in parts |
| Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 17) Act |
This Act amends
the Constitution to:
- Make
provisions for the confirmation of the acquisition of land
for resettlement which gave effect to the Land Reform Programme
which started in 2000. It provides that these acquisitions
cannot be challenged in court and for the transfer of title
of acquired land to the State. It also provides for the
acquisition in the future of agricultural land for resettlement
and other purposes.
- Reconstitute
Parliament as a bicameral legislature consisting of a House
of Assembly and a Senate. It specifies the numbers for each
house and how they will be elected or appointed. It provides
for the necessary changes to the way that legislation will
be enacted.
- To
include non-discrimination on the grounds of physical disability.
- Include
the institution and functions of the Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission within the Constitution and abolish the Electoral
Supervisory Commission. Voter qualifications will be changed
so that non-citizens who are permanent residents will no
longer have the right to vote.
|
| 17 of 6th Parl '05 |
Act 5/2005 |
15-Sep-05 |
14-Sep-05 |
14-Sep-05 |
Some parts 14-Sep-05, others
later |
Passed |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act
View
the Index of Opinion and Analysis for this Bill
Amendments
to the 18th Amendment
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Bill (original)
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Bill (as amended) |
The
main changes to the Constitution proposed by the Bill:-
- to
shorten the term of office of the President from 6 to 5
years and to make it run concurrently with the life of Parliament
- that
Presidents will generally, as at present, be elected by
registered voters, but that where a President resigns, dies
or is removed from office, a successor to complete the departed
President's term of office will be elected by an electoral
college consisting of the Senate and House of Assembly sitting
jointly
- to
change the composition of the Senate and the House of Assembly
and to make consequential changes to the mandate of the
Delimitation Commission.
- to
make the House of Assembly alone responsible for voting
on motions of no confidence in the Government and resolutions
for the confirmation or extension of states of public emergency
- to
provide for a Deputy Chief Justice
- to
alter the titles of the Commissioner of Police and the Ombudsman
to "Commissioner-General of Police" and "Public Protector"
- to
provide for a Human Rights Commission.
Clarification
It has
been widely assumed that the Bill requires the holding of
combined Presidential and Parliamentary elections in March
2008 when President Mugabe's current six-year term of office
would expire under the present law. That is not so. In fact,
the Bill could even extend his term of office by up to two
years, by allowing him to remain in office until the five-year
term of the present Parliament expires in mid-2010 - unless
he chooses to dissolve Parliament before then.
Clause
2(1) of the Constitutional Amendment (No 18) Bill provides
that an election to the office of President must take place
at the same time as a general election of members of Parliament,
but does not require the holding of an early general election
in 2008. Clause 2(2) of the Bill states that amendments made
by clause 2(1) apply to the President in office on the date
when Amendment 18 comes into effect, notwithstanding the current
section 29 of the Constitution, which states that the presidential
term is limited to six years [the President's current term
will expire on 31st March 2008]. The effect of the Amendment
Bill is, therefore, that President Mugabe's term of office
ends with the next general election, whenever that may be.
A general election must be held in mid-2010, when the current
Parliament's five-year term will end, but will only be held
before then if the President chooses to bring one about by
dissolving Parliament.
So President
Mugabe will not have to face the voters until 2010, unless
he chooses to dissolve Parliament before then. He has said
he would do so in March 2008, but this is a political decision
not dictated by the provisions of the Constitutional Amendment. |
37/2007
|
HB 7/2007 |
30-Oct-07 |
25-Sept-07 |
30-Oct-07 |
30-Oct-07 |
Effective |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act Revised 2010
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Bill
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Bill - MDC-T draft
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Bill - Zanu PF draft |
This
is the constitutional amendment required to create the positions
defined in the September Global
Political Agreement and to bring the agreement into effect.
Key points
of agreed Constitutional Amendment:
- Recognition
of Mugabe as President
- Unilateral
cancellation of inclusive government
- Recognition
of original agreement of 11th September
- The
provision on appointments to senior government positions
- Recognition
of what "de facto" but not legally installed Ministers
have done
- No
provision for existing Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC]
members
- By-Elections
- National
Security Council
- Outstanding
issues before formation of inclusive government
- Recognition
of Mugabe presidency
- Reappointment
of Dr Gono as Reserve Bank Governor
- Court
cases
- Election
cases
|
47/2008
|
|
|
|
13-Feb-09 |
13-Feb-09 |
Effective |
| Criminal
Law Amendment (Protection of Power, Communications and Water
Infrastructure) Bill. 2010 |
The Criminal Law (Protection
of Power, Communication and Water Infrastructure) Amendment
Bill, gazetted on 4th June, provides for a tougher response
by law enforcement authorities and courts to the vandalism and
theft of electricity, telecommunications, broadcasting, railway
and water "infrastructure material". It contains proposed amendments
to the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act; the Postal and Telecommunications
Act; the Broadcasting Services Act; the Railways Act; the Electricity
Act; and the Water Ace. |
| 22/2010 |
Bill 1/2010
Act 1/2011 |
30-Jun-11 |
24-Jun-11 |
04-Jun-2010 |
24-Jun-11 |
Passed
as Act. Gazetted. In effect. |
| Criminal
Law [Codification and Reform] Act |
This Act seeks to
"codify" that part of the common law of Zimbabwe which
concerns non-statutory crimes. It will re-enact, amend, modify
or repeal the non-statutory Roman-Dutch law in force since 1891.
A few crimes (e.g. computer crimes) have also been added to
bring the criminal law up to date. |
| 28/2006, 62/2006 |
Act 23/2004 |
29-Dec-06 |
|
02-Jun-05 |
01-Jul-06 |
Effective |
Criminal
Procedure and Evidence Amendment Act
Criminal
Procedure and Evidence Amendment Bill |
The
Bill provides for the abolition of the preparatory examination
(under which a criminal trial in the High Court is preceded
by a preparatory examination held before a magistrate to establish
whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant committing
the accused person for trial). That procedure has gradually
fallen into disuse over recent decades; it was last used in
1999. Amendments consequential to that abolition cover:
- aspects
of the procedure for confirmation of extra-curial statements
made by accused persons to investigating officers;
- a new
procedure for early verification before a magistrate of
depositions of witnesses, with a view to the use of those
depositions at the subsequent trial if the deponents are
not then available to testify in the normal way (this will
cater for witnesses who are dangerously ill, expert witnesses
with other professional commitments and any other witnesses
whose attendance at the trial it may not be possible to
secure).
The Bill
also makes provision for:
- a comprehensive
codification and reform of the law on the granting and withholding
of bail; various amendments necessitated by the enactment
of the Criminal Law Code (which will likely be brought into
operation later this year);
- the
admissibility of medical report forms completed by suitably
qualified nurses in respect of the victims of sexual crimes
(at present only medical report forms completed by medical
practitioners are admissible under the relevant provision);
- express
recognition of suitably qualified nurses as competent to
conduct the tests for HIV infection that must be carried
out before sentencing of persons convicted of sexual offences
(testing presently restricted to medical practitioners);
- various
amendments to provisions of the Criminal Law Code - correcting
errors, improving wording in the interests of consistency,
clarity, etc.
- an
extension of the right of audience of legal practitioners
employed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, to permit them
to appear in all courts in civil cases in which ZIMRA is
a party (or in which ZIMRA's Acts are involved) and even,
with the consent of the Attorney-General, in criminal cases
in which ZIMRA has a similar interest.
Ministry:
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Stage: Effective |
| 3/2007 |
Act 9/2006 |
20-Jan-07 |
19-Jan-07 |
19-Jan-07 |
19-Jan-07 |
Effective |
| Customs
and Excise (Designation of Luxury Items) Notice, 2007 - SI 80A/2007 |
Sets
forward new conditions and a new fees schedule for the payment
of customs and excise duties on imported luxury goods. |
| |
SI 80A/2007 |
05-Apr-07 |
05-Apr-07 |
05-Apr-07 |
5-Apr-07 |
Effective.
Published in Government Gazette |
| Deposit
Protection Corporation Bill, 2010 |
The purpose of this
Bill is to replace the Deposit Protection Board with a new statutory
body to be called the Deposit Protection Corporation, which
will be largely independent of the Reserve Bank. The Corporation's
functions will be similar to those of the existing Board, but
more extensive: the Corporation will have power to obtain information
from financial institutions that will allow it to detect early
signs of difficulties within the financial system; the Corporation
will also be given power to administer failed or failing institutions
and, where possible, restore them to financial health. |
| |
Bill 7A/2010
Act 7-2011 |
28-Mar-12 |
08-Dec-11 |
16-Mar-12 |
16-Mar-12 |
Passed. Gazetted. In Effect |
| Disabled
Persons Act as amended to December 01, 2002 |
To make provision
for the welfare and rehabilitation of disabled persons; to provide
for the appointment and functions of a Director for Disabled
Persons' Affairs and the establishment and functions of a National
Disability Board; and to provide for matters connected with
or incidental to the foregoing. |
| Act
5/1992, 6/2001 (s. 151), 22/2001 (s. 4) |
|
|
|
26-Jun-92 |
Effective |
Domestic
Violence Act
Domestic Violence Bill
Prevention
of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims of Domestic
Violence [Draft] Bill, 2003 |
This Bill aims to give victims of domestic
violence the maximum protection from domestic violence that
the law can provide and to introduce measures to ensure that
the relevant organs of the State give full effect to the provisions
of this Bill. The Bill creates a new offence - domestic violence.
It offers a comprehensive definition of domestic violence
which incorporates various degrees of relationships and various
types of abuse. Cultural practices harmful to the girl child
will also be outlawed. It will be mandatory for every police
station to have a section to deal with domestic violence,
and the police are expressly obliged to assist complainants.
The Bill provides for Protection Orders which will ensure
the safety and economic maintenance of the complainant while
the case is being investigated. Application to a magistrate
for a Protection Order can be made outside ordinary court
hours and on any day. A third party will be able to make complaints,
apply for a Protection Order and ensure its enforcement on
behalf of a victim. Making a false charge of domestic violence
is a criminal offence. The Bill provides for appointment of
anti-domestic violence counsellors and for the establishment
of an Anti-Domestic Violence Committee - this can form provincial
and district sub committees, set up safe house etc.
Ministry:
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Introduced:
House of Assembly. Passed with amendments. Transmitted to
Senate Nov 07, 2006.
Stage: Gazetted Feb 26, 2007. Came into effect Oct 25, 2007
|
| 17/2007 |
Act 14/2006 |
28-Apr-07 |
|
26-Feb-07 |
25-Oct-07 |
Effective |
| Education
Act |
To provide for the
declaration of the fundamental rights to, and objectives of,
education in Zimbabwe; to provide for the establishment, maintenance
and regulation of Government schools, Government teachers colleges
and other Government educational facilities; to provide for
the establishment and administration of non-Government schools
and teachers colleges, and for the registration and control
thereof; to provide for the registration and control of correspondence
colleges and independent colleges and for the establishment
of an advisory council for such colleges; to make financial
provision for schools and teachers colleges; to provide for
the transfer of teachers to the Public Service; and to provide
for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
| Act
5/1987, 26/1991, 24/1994 (s. 70), 19/1998 (s. 15), 22/2001 (s.
4). |
01-Oct-04 |
|
|
08-Jun-87 |
Gazetted |
Education Amendment
Act
Education
Amendment Bill |
Notwithstanding the
changes to the original Bill and the amendments made by the
House of Assembly and the Senate, the aims of the Bill remain
unchanged. The Bill will amend the Education Act to enable the
Ministry of Education to control fees and levies charged by
non-government schools; but, by virtue of a Committee Stage
amendment the new controls will not apply to "fees and
levies existing on the day the provisions of this Amendment
Act come into effect". It will give the Minister the power
to make regulations for the qualifications of teachers employed
by non-government schools and their conduct and behaviour. The
Minister will also be able to make regulations about the wearing
of school uniforms. The Bill also proposes that all three main
languages will be taught on an equal time basis up to form two.
More than one association of teachers may be recognised.
Ministry: Education, Sport and Culture
Stage: Bill passed by Senate with one amendment to clause 5
which regulates fees. The amendment was referred to the PLC
which returned an non adverse report. The Bill, now numbered
as H.B.
6C, 2005, was returned to the House of Assembly on Feb 28th
and the amendment was passed. Previously, the PLC gave the original
Bill [H.B. 6, 2005] an adverse
report. The original Bill was withdrawn and a new consolidated
text [H.B.
6A, 2005] took its place. This new text of the Bill was
considered by the PLC and given a non-adverse report. |
| 22/2006, 62/2006 |
Act 2/2006 |
29-Dec-06 |
|
12-May-06 |
12-May-06 |
Effective |
Electoral
Amendment Act
Electoral
Amendment Bill - July 2012 Amendments
Electoral
Amendment Bill, 2011 |
This
Bill will amend the Electoral
Act [Chapter 2:13], principally to make the following changes
to it: (a)
to incorporate the provisions of the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission Act [Chapter 2:12] into the Electoral
Act and to repeal the former Act;
(b) to
base the voting process at polling-station level, with voters
obliged to vote at their nearest polling stations rather than
at any polling station within their constituencies;
(c) to
ensure that electronic copies of voters rolls are available
in analysable form;
(d) to
restrict postal voting to voters who are outside the country
on Government business;
(e) to
allow electoral officers and members of the Police Force and
Defence Forces who have to be away from their constituencies
on duty during an election, to cast their votes in advance
of the election at special polling stations established for
the purpose;
(f) to
introduce greater transparency in the counting and collation
of votes at all levels;
(g) to
establish new mechanisms to prevent politically-motivated
violence and intimidation during elections;
(h) to
extend the jurisdiction of the Electoral Court;
(i) to
ensure that the results of presidential elections are announced
speedily; and in addition to correct anomalies and discrepancies
in the Electoral Act. |
25/2011
33/2012
45/2012 |
Act 3/2012 |
28-Sept-12 |
19-Jul-12 |
28-Sept-12 |
28-Sept-12 |
Effective except for section
42(1) |
Electoral
Laws Amendment Act, 2007
Electoral
Laws Amendment Bill (Amended), 2007
Electoral
Laws Amendment Bill, 2007 |
The purpose of this
Bill is to amend the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission Act [Chapter 2:12] and the Electoral
Act [Chapter 2:13], so as to make provision for various
matters arising from the Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 17) Act and the Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act. |
| 46/2007 |
Act 17/2007 |
23-Jan-08 |
19-Dec-07 |
11-Jan-08 |
11-Jan-08 |
Effective |
Electoral
Regulations, 2005 (Statutory Instrument 21 of 2005) - Updated
to 18 March 2008
Electoral
Regulations, 2005 (Statutory Instrument 21 of 2005) |
These regulations
may be cited as the Electoral Regulations, 2005. |
| 11/2005 |
SI 21/2005 |
18-Mar -08 |
|
14-Feb-05 |
14-Feb-05 |
Gazetted in a Gazette Extraordinary |
Electoral
Act (2013) |
An
Act to provide for the terms of office, conditions of service,
qualifications and vacation of office of members of the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission, the procedure at meetings of the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission and the appointment of the Chief Elections
Officer; to provide for the Registrar-General of Voters and
constituency registrars; to make provision for the registration
of voters and for the lodging of objections thereto; to provide
for the preparation, compilation and maintenance of voters rolls;
to prescribe the residence qualifications of voters and the
procedure for the nomination and election of candidates to and
the filling in of vacancies in Parliament; to provide for elections
to the office of the President; to provide for local authority
elections; to provide for offences and penalties, and for the
prevention of electoral malpractices in connection with elections;
to establish the Electoral Court and provide for its functions;
to make provision for the hearing and determination of election
petitions; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental
to the foregoing. |
| |
|
|
|
13-Jun-13 |
13-Jun-13 |
Effective |
Electoral
Act - Consolidated to 17 March 2008
Electoral
Act (2005) |
Brought into operation
by SI 17/2005 |
| 7/2005 |
Act 25/2004 |
17-Mar-08 |
|
21-Jan-05 |
01-Feb-05 |
Effective |
| Emergency Preparedness
and Disaster Management Bill |
Ministry:
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing
Stage: Proofs with Draftsman |
| 22 of 6th Parl '05 |
HB 23/2004 |
30-Oct-05 |
|
|
|
Proofs with Draftsman |
Energy
Regulatory Authority Act
Energy Regulatory Authority Bill |
The
purpose of this Act is to establish an Energy Regulatory Authority
and provide for its functions and management. The Bill also
seeks to amend the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19] and the Petroleum
Act [Chapter 13:22]. |
| |
HB 3/2010
Act 3/2011 |
22-Sep-2011 |
10-Jun-2011 |
27-Aug-2010 |
22-Sep-2011 |
Effective
[SI 111A/2011] |
| Environmental
Management Act [Chapter 20:27] |
To provide for the
sustainable management natural resources and protection of the
environment; the prevention of pollution and environmental degradation;
the preparation of a National Environmental Plan and other plans
for the management and protection of the environment; the establishment
of an Environmental Management Agency and an Environment Fund;
to amend references to intensive conservation areas and committees
and associated matters in various Acts; to repeal the Natural
Resources Act [Chapter 20:13], the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention
Act [Chapter 20:03], the Hazardous Substances and Articles Act
[Chapter 15:05] and the Noxious Weeds Act [Chapter 19:07]; and
to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
Date of commencement will be fixed by statutory instrument. |
| 62/2006 |
Act 13/2002,
5/2004 (s. 23)1, 6/2005 (s. 28) |
29-Dec-06 |
|
|
Remaining provisions
07-Apr-06 |
Effective |
| Ex-Political
Prisoners, Detainees, and Restrictees Act |
To provide for the
establishment of schemes for the provision of assistance to
ex-political prisoners, detainees and restrictees and their
dependants; to provide for the establishment of a fund to finance
such assistance; to provide for the constitution and functions
of the Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees and Restrictees Board;
and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the
foregoing.
Date of commencement will be fixed by statutory instrument. |
| 2/2005 |
Act 20/2004 |
10-Jan-05 |
|
24-Dec-04 |
|
Gazetted, awaiting SI to set
effective date |
Finance
(No.2) Act, 2005
|
This Bill provides
for the changes to the tax laws proposed by the Minister of
Finance in the Budget Statement delivered to the House of Assembly
on Thursday 1st December, 2005. The Acts affected are the Finance
Act, the Income Tax Act, the Stamp Duties Act, the Value Added
Tax Act, the Estate Duty Act, the Capital Gains Tax Act, the
Customs and Excise Act and the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004. |
| 01/2006 |
Act 8/2005 |
19-Dec-05 |
19-Dec-05 |
15-Dec-05 |
30-Dec-05 |
Effective |
Finance
(No.2) Act, 2006
|
This
51-clause Bill gives effect to the taxation proposals put
forward by the Minister of Finance in his 2007 Budget Statement.
Other matters provided for by the Bill include:-
- detailed
provision for electronic submission of tax returns and related
documentation as regards income tax, capital gains tax,
value-added tax and customs duty
- increased
penalties for offences under the Gold Trade Act and the
Mines and Minerals Act (including provision for mandatory
minimum prison sentences in the absence of special circumstances)
(clauses 45 and 46)
- validation
(backdated to 10th November, 2006) of civil penalties imposed
in terms of the Pension and Provident Funds (Amendment)
Regulations, 2006 (clause 47)
- confirmation
of the new currency system introduced by the Presidential
Powers (Temporary Measures) (Currency Revaluation) Regulations,
2006 (SI 199/2006) and of those regulations
- confirmation
of amendments made to the Bank Use Promotion and Suppression
of Money-Laundering Act [Chapter 24:24] by the Currency
Revaluation Regulations
|
| 1/2007 |
Previously HB 14/2006 |
05-Jan-07 |
|
08-Dec-06 |
|
Gazetted |
|
Finance Act, 2006 (No. 6 of 2006) |
To
make further provision for the revenues and public funds of
Zimbabwe and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto. |
| 62/2006 |
Act 6/2006 |
29-Dec-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
Effective |
Finance
(No. 2) Act, 2007 (No. 16 of 2007)
|
The
Bill contains the taxation proposals announced by the Minister
of Finance in the Budget Statement presented on 29th November.
It differs in several respects from the Departmental Draft we
previously offered, containing an additional clause and also
having been amended during its passage through the House of
Assembly. |
| 49/2007 |
Act 16/2007 |
11-Jan-08 |
05-Dec-07 |
18-Dec-07 |
04-Jan-08 |
Effective |
Finance
Act, 2007 (No. 8 of 2007)
Finance
Bill, 2007 (H.B. 10 of 2007) |
To
amend the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04], the Income Tax Act [Chapter
23:06], the Stamp Duties Act [Chapter 23:09], the Value Added
Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] and the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter
23:02]. |
| 36/2007 |
H.B.10/2007 |
08-Sep-07 |
11-Sep-07 |
19-Oct-07 |
19-Oct-07 |
Effective |
Finance
(No. 3) Bill, 2009 |
This
Bill will amend the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04], the Income
Tax Act [Chapter 23:06], the Capital Gains Tax Act [Chapter
23:06], the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] and the Customs
and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02] and other Acts. |
| |
|
11-Dec-09 |
|
|
|
Gazetted |
Finance
Act (4/2012) |
To
make further provision for the revenues and public funds of
Zimbabwe and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto. |
| 34/2012 |
Act 4/2012 |
03-Oct-12 |
24-Jul-12 |
17-Sep-12 |
17-Sep-12 |
Effective |
Finance
(No. 2) Act, 2012 |
To
make further provision for the revenues and public funds of
Zimbabwe and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto. |
52/2012
53/2012 |
Act 6/2012 |
06-Dec-12 |
27-Nov-12 |
28-Dec-12 |
28-Dec-12 |
Effective |
|
Financial Adjustments Bill [H.B. 3, 2007] |
The
Bill provides for the condonation of unauthorised expenditures
by various Ministries in the financial years 2001, 2002, 2003
and 2004. |
| 18/2007 |
H.B.3/2007 |
04-May-07 |
|
04-May-07 |
|
Awaiting
introduction in House or Senate |
