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31F | Vote of no confidence in Government

Constitution of Zimbabwe (at 13th Feb, 2009)
  1. (1) Parliament may, by resolution supported by the votes of not less than twothirds of all the members of each House, pass a vote of no confidence in the Government. [Subsection as substituted by section 5 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17]
  2. (2) A motion for the resolution referred to in subsection (1) shall not be moved in the House of Assembly unless—
    1. (a) not less than seven days’ notice of the motion has been given to the Speaker; and
    2. (b) the notice of the motion has been signed by not less than one-third of all the members of the House of Assembly; and shall be debated in the House of Assembly within twenty-one days after the receipt by the Speaker of the notice of the motion. [Subsection as amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17]
  3. (3) Where a vote of no confidence in the Government is passed by Parliament in terms of this section, the President shall within fourteen days do one of the following—
    1. (a) dissolve Parliament; or
    2. (b) remove every Vice-President, Minister and Deputy Minister from his office unless he has earlier resigned in consequence of the resolution; or
    3. (c) himself resign his office. [Section as amended by sections 3 and 26 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9, and subsection (3) as also amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 – Amendment No. 10]
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