Constitution Sections

Section	Title
1	The Republic	4 0 2
2	Supremacy of Constitution	3 0 0
3	Founding values and principles	3 0 0
4	National Flag, National Anthem, Public Seal and Coat of arms	1 0 0
5	Tiers of government	2 0 0
6	Languages	3 0 0
7	Promotion of public awareness of Constitution	64 1 2
8	Objectives to guide State and all institutions and agencies of government	1 0 0
9	Good governance	2 0 0
10	National unity, peace and stability	0 0 0
11	Fostering of fundamental rights and freedoms	0 0 0
12	Foreign policy	0 0 0
13	National development	0 0 0
14	Empowerment and employment creation	0 0 0
15	Food security	0 0 0
16	Culture	2 0 0
17	Gender balance	0 0 0
18	Fair regional representation	0 0 0
19	Children	0 0 0
20	Youths	2 0 0
21	Elderly persons	1 0 0
22	Persons with disabilities	1 0 0
23	Veterans of the liberation struggle	0 0 0
24	Work and labour relations	1 0 0
25	Protection of the family	1 0 0
26	Marriage	1 0 0
27	Education	5 0 0
28	Shelter	0 0 0
29	Health services	0 0 0
30	Social welfare	0 0 0
31	Legal aid	0 0 0
32	Sporting and recreational facilities	0 0 0
33	Preservation of traditional knowledge	0 0 0
34	Domestication of international instruments	0 0 0
35	Zimbabwean citizenship	0 0 0
36	Citizenship by birth	0 0 0
37	Citizenship by descent	0 0 0
38	Citizenship by registration	0 0 0
39	Revocation of citizenship	0 0 0
40	Retention of citizenship despite marriage or dissolution of marriage	1 0 0
41	Citizenship and Immigration Board	0 0 0
42	Powers of Parliament in regard to citizenship	0 0 0
43	Continuation and restoration of previous citizenship	0 0 0
44	Duty to respect fundamental human rights and freedoms	1 0 0
45	Application of Chapter 4	0 0 0
46	Interpretation of Chapter 4	0 0 0
47	Chapter 4 does not preclude existence of other rights	0 0 0
48	Right to life	1 0 0
49	Right to personal liberty	1 0 0
50	Rights of arrested and detained persons	0 0 0
51	Right to human dignity	1 0 0
52	Right to personal security	0 0 0
53	Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or	1 0 0
54	Freedom from slavery or servitude	0 0 0
55	Freedom from forced or compulsory labour	0 0 0
56	Equality and non-discrimination	0 0 0
57	Right to privacy	0 0 0
58	Freedom of assembly and association	0 0 0
59	Freedom to demonstrate and petition	0 0 0
60	Freedom of conscience	0 0 0
61	Freedom of expression and freedom of the media	0 0 0
62	Access to information	0 0 0
63	Language and culture	0 0 0
64	Freedom of profession, trade or occupation	0 0 0
65	Labour rights	0 0 0
66	Freedom of movement and residence	0 0 0
67	Political rights	0 0 0
68	Right to administrative justice	0 0 0
69	Right to a fair hearing	1 0 0
70	Rights of accused persons	0 0 0
71	Property rights	0 0 0
72	Rights to agricultural land	1 0 0
73	Environmental rights	0 0 0
74	Freedom from arbitrary eviction	0 0 0
75	Right to education	0 0 0
76	Right to health care	0 0 0
77	Right to food and water	0 0 0
78	Marriage rights	0 0 0
79	Application of Part 3	0 0 0
80	Rights of women	0 0 0
81	Rights of children	0 0 0
82	Rights of the elderly	0 0 0
83	Rights of persons with disabilities	0 0 0
84	Rights of veterans of the liberation struggle	0 0 0
85	Enforcement of fundamental human rights and freedoms	0 0 0
86	Limitation of rights and freedoms	0 0 0
87	Limitations during public emergency	0 0 0
88	Executive authority	0 0 0
89	The President	0 0 0
90	Duties of President	0 0 0
91	Qualifications for election as President and Vice-President	0 0 0
92	Election of President	0 0 0
93	Challenge to presidential election	0 0 0
94	Assumption of office by President and Vice-Presidents	0 0 0
95	Term of office of President and Vice-Presidents	1 0 0
96	Resignation of President or Vice-President	0 0 0
97	Removal of President from office	0 0 0
98	Presidential immunity	0 0 0
99	Functions of Vice-Presidents	0 0 0
100	Acting President	0 0 0
101	Succession in event of death, resignation or incapacity of President or Vice-	0 0 0
102	Remuneration of President and Vice-Presidents	0 0 0
103	President and Vice-Presidents and former office-holders not to hold other	1 0 0
104	Appointment of Ministers and Deputy Ministers	0 0 0
105	Cabinet	0 0 0
106	Conduct of Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers	0 0 0
107	Accountability of Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers	0 0 0
108	Tenure of office of Ministers and Deputy Ministers	0 0 0
109	Vote of no confidence in Government	0 0 0
110	Executive functions of President and Cabinet	0 0 0
111	War and peace	0 0 0
112	Power of mercy	1 0 0
113	States of public emergency	0 0 0
114	Attorney-General	0 0 0
115	Removal from office of Attorney-General	0 0 0
116	The Legislature	0 0 0
117	Nature and extent of legislative authority	0 0 0
118	Parliament	0 0 0
119	Role of Parliament	0 0 0
120	Composition of Senate	0 0 0
121	Qualifications and disqualifications for election as Senator	0 0 0
122	President of Senate	0 0 0
123	Deputy President of Senate	0 0 0
124	Composition of National Assembly	0 0 0
125	Qualifications and disqualifications for election to National Assembly	0 0 0
126	Speaker of National Assembly	0 0 0
127	Deputy Speaker of National Assembly	0 0 0
128	Oath of Member of Parliament	0 0 0
129	Tenure of seat of Member of Parliament	0 0 0
130	Powers and functions of Senate and National Assembly	0 0 0
131	Acts of Parliament and procedure for their enactment	0 0 0
132	Commencement of Acts of Parliament	0 0 0
133	Enrolment of Acts of Parliament	0 0 0
134	Subsidiary legislation	0 0 0
135	Head of Parliament	0 0 0
136	Persons presiding in Parliament	0 0 0
137	Quorum in Parliament	0 0 0
138	Voting and right of audience in Parliament	0 0 0
139	Standing Orders	0 0 0
140	Presidential addresses and messages to Parliament	0 0 0
141	Public access to and involvement in Parliament	1 0 0
142	Validity of proceedings in Parliament	0 0 0
143	Duration and dissolution of Parliament	0 0 0
144	General election resulting from dissolution of Parliament	0 0 0
145	First sitting of Parliament following general election	0 0 0
146	Sittings and recess periods	0 0 0
147	Lapsing of Bills, motions, petitions and other business on dissolution of	0 0 0
148	Privileges and immunities of Parliament	0 0 0
149	Right to petition Parliament	0 0 0
150	Venue of Parliament	0 0 0
151	Committee on Standing Rules and Orders	0 0 0
152	Parliamentary Legal Committee	0 0 0
153	Remuneration of President of Senate, Speaker and Members of Parliament	0 0 0
154	Clerk of Parliament and other staff	0 0 0
155	Principles of electoral system	0 0 0
156	Conduct of elections and referendums	0 0 0
157	Electoral Law	0 0 0
158	Timing of elections	0 0 0
159	Filling of electoral vacancies	0 0 0
160	Number of constituencies and wards	0 0 0
161	Delimitation of electoral boundaries	0 0 0
162	Judicial authority	0 0 0
163	The judiciary	0 0 0
164	Independence of judiciary	0 0 0
165	Principles guiding judiciary	0 0 0
166	Constitutional Court	0 0 0
167	Jurisdiction of Constitutional Court	0 0 0
168	Supreme Court	0 0 0
169	Jurisdiction of Supreme Court	0 0 0
170	High Court	0 0 0
171	Jurisdiction of High Court	0 0 0
172	Labour Court	0 0 0
173	Administrative Court	0 0 0
174	Other courts and tribunals	0 0 0
175	Powers of courts in constitutional matters	0 0 0
176	Inherent powers of Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and High Court	0 0 0
177	Qualifications of judges of Constitutional Court	0 0 0
178	Qualifications of judges of Supreme Court	0 0 0
179	Qualifications of judges of High Court, Labour Court and Administrative	1 0 0
180	Appointment of judges	1 0 0
181	Acting judicial appointments	0 0 0
182	Appointment of magistrates and other members of judiciary	0 0 0
183	Judicial officers not to be appointed to more than one court	0 0 0
184	Judicial appointments to reflect society	1 0 0
185	Oath of office	0 0 0
186	Tenure of office of judges	0 0 0
187	Removal of judges from office	0 0 0
188	Conditions of service and tenure of members of judiciary	0 0 0
189	Establishment and composition of Judicial Service Commission	0 0 0
190	Functions of Judicial Service Commission	0 0 0
191	Fairness and transparency of proceedings of Judicial Service Commission	0 0 0
192	Law to be administered	0 0 0
193	Criminal jurisdiction of courts	0 0 0
194	Basic values and principles governing public administration	0 0 0
195	State-controlled commercial entities	0 0 0
196	Responsibilities of public officers and principles of leadership	0 0 0
197	Terms of office of heads of government-controlled entities	0 0 0
198	Legislation to enforce Chapter 9	0 0 0
199	Public Service	0 0 0
200	Conduct of members of Public Service	0 0 0
201	Minister responsible for Public Service	0 0 0
202	Establishment and composition of Public Service Commission	0 0 0
203	Functions of Public Service Commission	0 0 0
204	Ambassadors and other principal representatives of Zimbabwe	0 0 0
205	Permanent Secretaries	0 0 0
206	National security	0 0 0
207	Security services	0 0 0
208	Conduct of members of security services	0 0 0
209	National Security Council	0 0 0
210	Independent complaints mechanism	0 0 0
211	Defence Forces	0 0 0
212	Function of Defence Forces	0 0 0
213	Deployment of Defence Forces	0 0 0
214	Political accountability for deployment of Defence Forces	0 0 0
215	Minister responsible for Defence Forces	0 0 0
216	Command of Defence Forces	0 0 0
217	Establishment and composition of Defence Forces Service Commission	0 0 0
218	Functions of Defence Forces Service Commission	0 0 0
219	Police Service and its functions	0 0 0
220	Minister responsible for Police Service	0 0 0
221	Commissioner-General of Police	0 0 0
222	Establishment and composition of Police Service Commission	0 0 0
223	Functions of Police Service Commission	0 0 0
224	Establishment of intelligence services	0 0 0
225	Minister responsible for national intelligence service	0 0 0
226	Command or control of national intelligence service	0 0 0
227	Prisons and Correctional Service and its functions	0 0 0
228	Minister responsible for Prisons and Correctional Service	0 0 0
229	Commissioner-General of Prisons and Correctional Service	0 0 0
230	Establishment and composition of Prisons and Correctional Service	0 0 0
231	Functions of Prisons and Correctional Service Commission	0 0 0
232	Independent Commissions	0 0 0
233	Objectives of independent Commissions	0 0 0
234	Staff of independent Commissions	0 0 0
235	Independence of Commissions	0 0 0
236	Members of independent Commissions to be non-political	0 0 0
237	Appointment and removal from office of members of independent	0 0 0
238	Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission	0 0 0
239	Functions of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission	0 0 0
240	Disqualifications for appointment to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission	0 0 0
241	Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to report on elections and referendums	0 0 0
242	Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission	0 0 0
243	Functions of Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission	0 0 0
244	Reports to and by Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission	0 0 0
245	Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Gender Commission	0 0 0
246	Functions of Zimbabwe Gender Commission	0 0 0
247	Reports by Zimbabwe Gender Commission	0 0 0
248	Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Media Commission	0 0 0
249	Functions of Zimbabwe Media Commission	0 0 0
250	Reports of Zimbabwe Media Commission	0 0 0
251	Establishment and composition of National Peace and Reconciliation	0 0 0
252	Functions of National Peace and Reconciliation Commission	0 0 0
253	Reports of National Peace and Reconciliation Commission	0 0 0
254	Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission	0 0 0
255	Functions of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission	0 0 0
256	Application of certain provisions of Chapter 12 to Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption	0 0 0
257	Reports by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission	0 0 0
258	Establishment and functions of National Prosecuting Authority	0 0 0
259	Prosecutor-General and other officers	0 0 0
260	Independence of Prosecutor-General	0 0 0
261	Conduct of officers of National Prosecuting Authority	0 0 0
262	Prosecutor-General to report annually to Parliament	0 0 0
263	Other powers of prosecution	0 0 0
264	Devolution of governmental powers and responsibilities	0 0 0
265	General principles of provincial and local government	0 0 0
266	Conduct of employees of provincial and local governments	0 0 0
267	Provinces and districts of Zimbabwe	0 0 0
268	Provincial and metropolitan councils	0 0 0
269	Metropolitan councils	0 0 0
270	Functions of provincial and metropolitan councils	0 0 0
271	Committees of provincial and metropolitan councils	0 0 0
272	Chairpersons of provincial and metropolitan councils	0 0 0
273	General provisions relating to provincial and metropolitan councils	0 0 0
274	Urban local authorities	0 0 0
275	Local authorities for rural areas	0 0 0
276	Functions of local authorities	0 0 0
277	Elections to local authorities	0 0 0
278	Tenure of seats of members of local authorities	0 0 0
279	Procedure of local authorities	0 0 0
280	Traditional leadership	0 0 0
281	Principles to be observed by traditional leaders	0 0 0
282	Functions of traditional leaders	0 0 0
283	Appointment and removal of traditional leaders	0 0 0
284	Remuneration and benefits of traditional leaders	0 0 0
285	National Council and provincial assemblies of Chiefs	0 0 0
286	Functions of National Council and provincial assemblies of Chiefs	0 0 0
287	Integrity and Ethics Committee	0 0 0
288	Interpretation of Chapter 16	0 0 0
289	Principles guiding policy on agricultural land	0 0 0
290	Continuation of rights of State in agricultural land	0 0 0
291	Continuation of rights of occupiers of agricultural land	0 0 0
292	Security of tenure for occupiers of agricultural land	0 0 0
293	Alienation of agricultural land by State	0 0 0
294	Alienation of agricultural land by owners or occupiers	0 0 0
295	Compensation for acquisition of previously-acquired agricultural land	0 0 0
296	Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Land Commission	0 0 0
297	Functions of Zimbabwe Land Commission	0 0 0
298	Principles of public financial management	0 0 0
299	Parliamentary oversight of State revenues and expenditure	0 0 0
300	Limits of State borrowings, public debt and State guarantees	1 0 0
301	Allocation of revenues between provincial and local tiers of government	0 0 0
302	Consolidated Revenue Fund	0 0 0
303	Withdrawals from Consolidated Revenue Fund	0 0 0
304	Charges upon Consolidated Revenue Fund	0 0 0
305	Appropriations from Consolidated Revenue Fund	0 0 0
306	Authorisation of expenditure in advance of appropriation	0 0 0
307	Unauthorised expenditure	0 0 0
308	Duties of custodians of public funds and property	0 0 0
309	Auditor-General and his or her functions	0 0 0
310	Appointment of Auditor-General	0 0 0
311	Independence of Auditor-General	0 0 0
312	Remuneration of Auditor-General	0 0 0
313	Removal of Auditor-General from office	0 0 0
314	Staff of Auditor-General	0 0 0
315	Procurement and other governmental contracts	0 0 0
316	Management of statutory bodies	0 0 0
317	Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe	0 0 0
318	Application of Part 1	0 0 0
319	Commissions to be bodies corporate	0 0 0
320	Membership of Commissions and conditions of service of members	0 0 0
321	Functions and procedure of Commissions	0 0 0
322	Funding of Commissions	0 0 0
323	Commissions to report annually to Parliament	0 0 0
324	Diligent performance of constitutional obligations	0 0 0
325	Funding of constitutional bodies and other institutions	0 0 0
326	Customary international law	0 0 0
327	International conventions, treaties and agreements	0 0 0
328	Amendment of Constitution	0 0 0
329	Commencement of Constitution, transitional provisions and savings	0 0 0
330	Application of Part 3	0 0 0
331	General principles of interpretation of the Constitution	0 0 0
332	Definitions	0 0 0
333	References to Chapters, sections, etc.	0 0 0
334	Words in singular to include plural, and vice versa	0 0 0
335	Tables and headings	0 0 0
336	References to time	0 0 0
337	References to holders of office	0 0 0
338	References to Parliament	0 0 0
339	Advice and consultation	0 0 0
340	Appointments	0 0 0
341	Resignations	0 0 0
342	Exercise of functions, etc.	0 0 0
343	When person not regarded as holding public office	0 0 0
344	Quorum and effect of vacancies in constitutional bodies	1 0 0
345	Inconsistencies between different texts of Constitution	0 0 0