Section 177: Qualifications of judges of Constitutional Court

(1) A person is qualified for appointment as a judge of the Constitutional Court if he or she is a Zimbabwean citizen, is at least forty years old and has a sound knowledge of constitutional law and, in addition, possesses one of the following qualifications—

    (a) he or she has been a judge of a court with unlimited jurisdiction in civil or criminal

matters in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch or English, and

English is an officially recognised language; or

    (b) for at least twelve years, whether continuously or not, he or she has been qualified to

practise as a legal practitioner—

          (i) in Zimbabwe; or

          (ii) in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch or English and English

is an officially recognised language;

and is currently so qualified to practise.

(2) To be appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court a person must be a fit and proper person to hold office as a judge.