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October 30,
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[As
amended to No.18 of 30 October 2007]
The Constitution of
Zimbabwe was published as a Schedule to the Zimbabwe Constitution
Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1600 of the United Kingdom). As at the 30th
October, 2007, it has been amended by the following Acts:
| Number
and year |
Short
title |
Date
of
commencement |
| 27
of 1981 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment Act, 1981 (No.
2) |
10.6.81 |
| 25
of 1981 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Act, 1981 |
31.7.81 |
| 1
of 1983 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, 1983 |
|
| |
|
(Sections
14 and 15) |
22.4.83 |
| |
|
(Remainder
of Act) |
1.9.83 |
| 4
of 1984 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 4) Act, 1984 |
27
4.84 |
| 4
of 1985 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 5) Act, 1985 |
5.4.85 |
| 15
of 1987 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 6) Act, 1987 |
21.9.87 |
| 23
of 1987 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 7) Act, 1987 |
|
| |
|
(Sections
1 and 21) |
20.11.87 |
| |
|
(Remainder
of Act) |
31.12.87 |
| 4
of 1989 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 8) Act, 1989 |
31.3.89 |
| 31
of 1989 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 9) Act, 1989 |
|
| |
|
(Section
22 (b), (d) and (e)) |
11.5.90 |
| |
|
(Remainder
of Act) |
27.3.90 |
| 15
of 1990 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 10) Act, 1990 |
3.8.90 |
| 30
of 1990 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 11) Act, 1990 |
17.4.91 |
| 4
of 1993 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 12) Act, 1993 |
|
| |
|
(Sections
1 to 5 and 12) |
1.11.93 |
| |
|
(Section
9, re Defence Forces) |
1.7.94 |
| |
|
(Section
9, re Prison Service) |
18.8.95 |
| |
|
(Section
11, re Prison Service) |
18.8.95 |
| |
|
(Section
9, re Police Force) |
1.10.95 |
| |
|
(Sections
6, 7, 8, 10, 13, re Public Service) |
10.3.96 |
| 9
of 1993 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 13) Act, 1993 |
5.11.93 |
| 14
of 1996 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 14) Act, 1996 |
6.12.96 |
| 10
of 1998 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 15) Act, 1998 |
30.6.1998 |
| 5
of 2000 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 16) Act, 2000 |
19.4.2000 |
| 5
of 2005 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 17) Act, 2005:- |
|
| |
|
Sections
1, 2, 3, 4, 18, 19(a) (new definition of "voter" only), 20,
22 and 24, First Schedule (Part I only) and Second Schedule |
14.9.2005 |
| |
|
Remainder |
01.12.2005 |
| 11
of 2007 |
Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act, 2007 |
30.10.2007 |
Chapter
I
The
Republic and the Constitution
1. The Republic.
2. Public
seal.
3. Supreme
law.
Chapter
II
Citizenship
4. Citizens
of Zimbabwe on Independence.
5. Citizenship
by birth.
6. Citizenship
by descent.
7. Citizenship
by registration.
8. [Repealed.]
9. Powers
of Parliament in relation to citizenship.
10. Interpretation.
Chapter
III
The
declaration of Rights
11. Preamble.
12. Protection of right to life.
13. Protection of right to personal liberty.
14. Protection from slavery and forced labour.
15. Protection from inhuman treatment.
16. Protection from deprivation of property.
16A. Agricultural land acquired for resettlement.
16B. Agricultural land acquired for resettlement and other purposes.
17. Protection from arbitrary search or entry.
18. Provisions to secure protection of law.
19. Protection of freedom of conscience.
20. Protection of freedom of expression.
21. Protection of freedom of assembly and association.
22. Protection of freedom of movement.
23. Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, etc.
24. Enforcement of protective provisions.
25. Savings in the event of public emergencies.
26. Interpretation and other savings.
Chapter
IV
The
Executive
PART 1
The President
27. The President.
28. Qualifications and election of President.
29. Tenure of office of President.
30. Presidential immunity.
31. Acting President.
31A. Remuneration of President.
31B. President and former Presidents not to hold other offices.
PART 2
Vice-Presidents,
Ministers and Cabinet
31C. Vice-Presidents.
31D. Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
31E. Tenure
of office of Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
31F. Vote of no
confidence in Government.
31G. Cabinet.
PART 3
Executive Functions
31H. Executive functions
of President.
31I. Prerogative
of mercy.
31J. Public
emergencies.
31K. Extent
to which exercise of President’s functions justiciable.
Chapter
V
Parliament
PART 1
Legislative
Authority
32. Legislative authority.
33. Parliament.
PART 2
The Senate
34. Composition of
Senate.
35. Election of President of Senate.
36. Tenure of office of President and Deputy President of Senate.
37. [Repealed]
PART 3
Composition
of Parliament, Speaker and Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary Legal Committee
38. Composition
of House of Assembly.
39. Election
of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
40. Tenure
of office of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
40A. Parliamentary
Legal Committee.
40B. Functions
of Parliamentary Legal Committee.
PART 4
General Matters
Relating to Parliament
41. Tenure of seats of members.
42. Members sentenced to death or to imprisonment.
43. Expulsion or suspension of members convicted of certain offences.
44. Oath of loyalty.
45. Remuneration of President of Senate and Speaker.
46. President’s power to address and attend Parliament.
47. Vice-Presidents, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Provincial Governors
and Attorney-General in Parliament.
48. Clerk of Parliament and other staff thereof.
49. Privileges of Parliament and members and officers thereof.
PART 5
Powers and Procedure
of Parliament
50. Legislative
powers.
51. Mode
of exercising legislative powers.
52. Alteration of
the Constitution.
53. Enrolment
of Acts.
54. Quorum.
55. Validity of
proceedings.
56. Voting.
57. Standing Orders.
PART 6
Elections and
Sessions
58. Elections.
59. [Repealed]
60. [Repealed]
61. Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission.
61A. Delimitation of wards and constituencies.
62. Sessions.
63. Prorogation
or dissolution.
Chapter
VI
[Repealed]
Chapter
VII
The Public Service
73. Public Service.
74. Public
Service Commission.
75. Functions of
Public Service Commission.
76. Attorney-General.
77. Secretaries
of Ministries, etc.
78. Principal representatives
of Zimbabwe abroad.
Chapter
VIII
The Judiciary
79. Judicial authority.
79A. Judiciary.
79B. Independence of judiciary.
80. Supreme Court.
81. High Court and criminal jurisdiction of other courts.
82. Qualifications of judges.
83. Oath of office.
84. Appointment of judges.
85. Acting judges.
86. Tenure of office of judges.
87. Removal of judges from office.
88. Remuneration of judges.
89. Law to be administered.
90. Judicial Service Commission.
91. Functions of Judicial Service Commission.
92. Persons presiding over special courts.
Chapter
IX
The Police Force
93. Police Force
and Commissioner of Police.
94. Police
Service Commission.
95. Functions of
Police Service Commission.
Chapter
X
The Defence Forces
96. Defence Forces
and command thereof.
97. Defence
Forces Service Commission.
98. Functions of
Defence Forces Service Commission.
Chapter
XA
The Prison Service
99. Prison Service
and Commissioner of Prisons.
100. Prison
Service Commission.
100A. Functions
of Prison Service Commission.
Chapter
XI
Finance
101. Consolidated
Revenue Fund.
102. Withdrawals
from Consolidated Revenue Fund or other public fund.
103. Authorisation
of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund.
104. Public debt.
105. Comptroller
and Auditor-General.
106. Functions
of Comptroller and Auditor-General.
Chapter
XII
Miscellaneous
Provisions
PART 1
General
107. Public
Protector and Deputy Public Protector.
108. Functions
of Public Protector.
108A. Anti-Corruption
Commission.
108B. Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.
109. General
provisions as to Commissions, etc.
110. Tenure
of office of certain persons.
111. Chiefs
and Councils of Chiefs.
111A. Provincial,
district or regional governors.
111B. Effect
of international conventions, etc.
112. Pensions.
PART 2
Interpretation
113. Interpretation.
114. Supplementary
provisions.
SCHEDULE 1:
Oaths and Affirmations.
SCHEDULE 2: Savings
in the event of Public Emergencies.
SCHEDULE 3:
Qualifications for Members of Parliament and Voters.
SCHEDULE 4:
Procedure with regard to Bills and other matters in Parliament.
SCHEDULE 5: [Repealed.]
SCHEDULE 6:
Pensions.
SCHEDULE 7: Agricultural Land
Gazetted on or before 8th July 2005
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