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Proclamation SI 11/2008 (abridged1)
February 01, 2008
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[CONSTITUTION
Proclamation
3 of 2008
PROCLAMATION
by
HIS
EXCELLENCY THE HONOURABLE ROBERT GABRIEL MUGABE, G.C.Z.M., President
of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of Zimbabwe.
WHEREAS,
in terms of section 61A(1) of the Constitution,
the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall, no later than the date
notified to it by the President, being a date no later than three
months before the date fixed or to be fixed by a proclamation as
the date on which Parliament is dissolved under section 63(7) of
the Constitution or, as the case may be, the date of the dissolution
of Parliament under section 63(4) of the Constitution, determine
the limits of the wards and constituencies into which Zimbabwe is
to be divided for the purpose of electing members of the governing
bodies of local authorities and members of Parliament respectively;
AND
WHEREAS, in terms of the proviso to section 61A(1) of the Constitution,
it is provided that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall produce
a preliminary delimitation report no later than one month before
the date fixed or to be fixed by a proclamation as the date on which
Parliament is dissolved under section 63(7) of the Constitution
or, as the case may be, the date of the dissolution of Parliament
under section 63(4) of the Constitution;
AND
WHEREAS, in terms of the proviso to section 61A(8) of the Constitution,
the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has submitted to the President
a preliminary delimitation report comprising—
(a) a
list of wards and House of Assembly constituencies delimited by
the Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description
of their boundaries;
(b) a
list of the senatorial constituencies delimited by the Commission,
with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries;
(c) a
map or maps showing the wards and House of Assembly and senatotrial
constituencies into which Zimbabwe has been divided by the Commission;
and
(d) any
further information or particulars which the Commission considered
necessary;
and
the President has, in accordance with the aforesaid provision, caused
the report ot be laid before Parliament on the 14th January, 20082;
AND
WHEREAS, in terms of the proviso to section 61A(11) of the Constitution,
within fourteen days after receiving the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's
final delimitation report, the President shall publish a proclamation
in the Gazette declaring the names and boundaries of the
wards and the House of Assembly and senatorial constituencies as
finally determined by the Commission to be the wards and House of
Assembly and senatorial constituencies of Zimbabwe, which boundaries
shall have effect for the purposes of the next and any subsequent
general election;
AND
WHEREAS the President received the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's
final delimitation report on the 23rd January, 2008;
NOW,
THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the powers vested in the President
as afore said, I do, by this Proclamation declare the names and
boundaries of the wards and the House of Assembly and senatorial
constituencies as finally determined by the Commission, which names
and boundaries are set out in the Schedule to this Proclamation,
to be the wards and House of Assembly and senatorial constituencies
of Zimbabwe for the purposes of the forthcoming and any subsequent
general election.
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1. In preparing this
abridged version of this 127-page proclamation, we have omitted
much detail from the Schedule (boundary descriptions, etc) , as
indicated in our italicised notes in the text. Veritas.
2. (sic) The
Parliamentary record shows that the report was laid before the House
of Assembly on Wednesday 16th January and before the Senate on Thursday
17th January, and that when laying it before the House of Assembly
the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs stated
that it had been presented to the President on the morning of 16th
January. Veritas.
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