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Social Welfare
31 | Social welfare
Kariba Draft Constitution
The State must take all practical measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to provide social security and social care to those who are in need of it, in particular war veterans, as may be specified in an Act of Parliament.
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Constitution Sections
- Law Society of Zimbabwe (2010) (242)
- Constitution of Zimbabwe (at 13th Feb, 2009) (146)
- Amendment 19 - Act No. 1 of 2009 (18)
- Kariba Draft Constitution (284)
- National Constitutional Assembly Draft - 2001 (175)
- The Republic and the Constitution (19)
- Fundamental Constitutional Principles and National Objectives (38)
- Fundamental Constitutional Principles (4)
- National Objectives (31)
- Objectives to guide all organs and agencies of State and Government (2)
- Good governance (1)
- Development (1)
- Food security (3)
- Environment (4)
- Cultural objectives (1)
- Foreign policy objectives (1)
- Gender balance and fair representation of marginalised groups (3)
- Children (2)
- Elderly persons (2)
- Persons with disabilities (3)
- Work and labour relations (4)
- Protection of the family (3)
- Marriage (3)
- Education (3)
- Shelter (3)
- Health services (3)
- Social Welfare (1)
- Legal Aid (2)
- Human Rights and Freedoms (126)
- Agricultural land (3)
- Housing (1)
- Education (1)
- Family and marriage (1)
- Food and water (1)
- Health care (1)
- Right to a fair hearing (4)
- Citizenship (1)
- Combatants in the liberation struggle (1)
- Enforcement of protective provisions (13)
- Establish and maintain educational instituions (2)
- Freedom from arbitrary eviction (1)
- Freedom from discrimination (3)
- Freedom from slavery and forced labour (4)
- Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (4)
- Freedom of assembly and association (6)
- Freedom of conscience (4)
- Freedom of movement and residence (4)
- Freedom of speech and expression (4)
- Just administrative action (2)
- Language and cultural life (3)
- Freedom of trade, occupation and profession (1)
- Labour Relations (1)
- Political rights (4)
- Protection from racial discrimination (2)
- Protection of law (9)
- Right to dignity and reputation (3)
- Right to information (3)
- Right to life (4)
- Right to personal liberty (5)
- Right to personal security (1)
- Right to privacy (4)
- Right to property (4)
- Environment (1)
- Access to courts (2)
- Rights of children, parents and guardians (3)
- Rights of older people (2)
- Rights of persons with disabilities (1)
- Rights of women (1)
- Rights of accused persons (1)
- Rights of arrested and detained persons (1)
- Limitations of human rights and freedoms (8)
- Citizenship (22)
- The Executive (90)
- Executive functions (18)
- The President (39)
- Functions of President (2)
- The President (5)
- Qualifications and election of President (7)
- Assumption and tenure of office of President (6)
- Presidential immunity (4)
- Remuneration of President (2)
- President and former President not to hold other offices (2)
- Resignation of President (3)
- Removal from office of President (3)
- Vacation of office, absence or incapacity of President (4)
- Succession of President (1)
- Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Cabinet (33)
- Election of Prime Minister (3)
- Assumption of office by Prime Minister (2)
- Term of office of Prime Minister (4)
- Functions and powers of Prime Minister (2)
- Acting Prime-Minister (3)
- Vice-presidents (2)
- Ministers and Deputy Ministers (3)
- Tenure of office of Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers (4)
- Cabinet (6)
- Vote of no confidence in Government (4)
- Legislative Authority and Parliament (107)
- Parliament (9)
- The Senate (17)
- House of Assembly, Speaker, Dep. Speaker & Parliamentary Legal Committee (18)
- General Matters Relating to Parliament (28)
- Qualifications and disqualifications for membership of Parliament (1)
- Tenure of seats of members (5)
- Members sentenced to death or imprisonment (1)
- Expulsion or suspension of members convicted of certain offences (3)
- Oath of loyalty (4)
- Remuneration of President of Senate and Speaker (2)
- President's power to address and attend Parliament (2)
- Vice-Presidents, Prime Minister, Dep Prime Minister, Ministers, Dep Ministers, Provincial-Governors and Attorney-General in Parliament (2)
- Clerk of Parliament and other staff thereof (2)
- Privileges of Parliament and members and officers thereof (4)
- Public access to parliament (2)
- Powers and Procedure of Parliament (36)
- Person presiding in Senate (1)
- Person presiding in house of assembly (1)
- Person presiding at joint sitting of Parliament (1)
- Legislative powers (5)
- Mode of exercising legislative powers (8)
- Alteration of the constitution (3)
- Enrolment of Acts (6)
- Quorum (4)
- Validity of proceedings (2)
- Voting (4)
- Standing orders (6)
- Elections and Sessions (36)
- Finance (48)
- Division of revenues between national and provincial governments and local authorities (1)
- Financial and Fiscal Commission (1)
- Funding for constitutional bodies and other institutions (1)
- Parliamentary control over taxation (4)
- Salaries and Remuneration Commission (1)
- Parliament to monitor and control government expenditure (2)
- Limits of State borrowings, public debt and State guarantees (2)
- Consolidated Revenue Fund (4)
- Withdrawals from Consolidated Revenue Fund or other public fund (3)
- Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund (12)
- Public debt (2)
- Duty of custodians of public funds and property (1)
- Comptroller and Auditor-General (4)
- Functions of Comptroller and Auditor-General (3)
- Matters to be provided for in Act of Parliament (1)
- Procurement (4)
- Establishment and object of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (3)
- Structure and functions of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (1)
- Traditional Leaders (8)
- Independent Commissions (74)
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (21)
- Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (5)
- Functions and Powers of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (5)
- Disqualification of appointment to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (4)
- Member of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission not to be members of political parties (4)
- Remuneration, allowances and benefits of members of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (3)
- Removal of member of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission from office (4)
- Provisions to ensure independence of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (4)
- Reports of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (4)
- Delimitation of wards and constituencies (2)
- Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (11)
- Zimbabwe Media Commission (11)
- Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (9)
- Gender and Anti-Discrimination Commission (3)
- Public Protector Commission (2)
- Health and Education Services Commission (2)
- Truth, Justice, Reconciliation and Conflict Prevention Commission (4)
- Labour Commission (2)
- Land Commission (3)
- Youth and Children Commission (1)
- Arts and Cultural Commission (1)
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (21)
- Intelligence services (2)
- Local Government (30)
- Provincial government (42)
- Conflict between national and provincial legislation (1)
- Provinces (4)
- Provincial Assembly (2)
- Legislative Authority of Provinces (2)
- Provincial Executive Authority (2)
- Exercise of Legislative Authority by Provincial Assembly (2)
- Moderator and Deputy Moderator of Provincial Assembly (1)
- Authority of Parliament over Provincial Assembly (2)
- Procedures and other matters of the Provincial Assembly (2)
- Dissolution of the Provincial Assembly (1)
- A Provincial Assembly (1)
- Provincial Executive (6)
- Institutions of Provincial Government (3)
- Provincial Finance (6)
- Provincial Constitutions (4)
- Relationships between National, Provincial, and Local Governments (2)
- Security Service Commission (5)
- Security Services (3)
- The Defence Forces (16)
- The Judiciary (86)
- Independent Prosecutor-General (1)
- Judicial Authority (4)
- Legal profession (1)
- Judiciary (4)
- Independence of judiciary (4)
- Constitutional court (4)
- Supreme Court (6)
- Other courts (9)
- High court and criminal jurisdiction of other courts (8)
- Qualifications of judges (4)
- Appointment of judicial officers other than judges (7)
- Oath of office (4)
- Appointment of judges (3)
- Acting judges (2)
- Tenure of office of judges (9)
- Removal of judges from office (4)
- Remuneration of judges (4)
- Law to be administered (1)
- Judicial Service Commission (4)
- Functions of Judicial Service Commission (5)
- Persons presiding over special courts (1)
- The Police Force (9)
- The Prison Service (9)
- The Public Service (31)
- Miscellaneous Provisions (45)
- Public Protector and Deputy Public Protector (2)
- Functions of Public Protector (3)
- Diligent performance of constitutional obligations (2)
- General provisions as to Commissions, etc (15)
- Anti-Corruption Commission (2)
- Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (1)
- Tenure of office of certain persons (2)
- Alteration in conditions of service of State employees (1)
- Disclosure of assets by public officers (1)
- Provincial, district or regional governors (1)
- Funding for political parties (1)
- Effect of international conventions, etc. (5)
- Pensions (2)
- Commencement of this Constitution, transitional provisions and savings (4)
- Interpretation (34)
- General (1)
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