Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
(1) Subject to this paragraph, if —
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Official source6. (1) Subject to this paragraph, if —
(a) the Senate and the Nationa! Assembly have not agreed on amendments
to be made to a Bill which originated in the National Assembly within
, ninety days after the Bill was introduced into the Senate;
(b) the Senate and the National Assembly have not agreed on amendments
to be made to a Bill which originated in the Senate within ninety days
after the Bill was retumed to the Senate; or
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(c) a Bill which originated in the National Assembly has been rejected or
: has not been passed by the Senate within ninety days after the Bill was
introduced uito the Senate;
the Bill may be presented to the President for assent and signature in the form in which
it was passed by the National Assembly, except for minor changes required by the
passage of time and any amendments on which the Senate and the National Assembly
may have agreed.
(2) If, in the opinion of the Speaker, a Bill which—
(a) originated in the National Assembly: and
(b} was introduced into the National Assembly within ninety days after a
previous Bill originating in the Senate was introduced into the Senate:
contains provisions identical to those contained in that previous Bill, except for mmor
changes required by the passage of time, subparagraph (1) applies to the Bill as though
ihe ninety-day periods in subparagraphs (a) and (c) of that subparagraph were periods
of eight sitting days.
(3) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) or (2) cannot be presented to the
President for assent and signature unless, after the ninety-day period or eight-day period
specified in the subparagraph concerned, the National Assembly has resolved that the
Bill should be presented to the President for assent.
(4) A Bill that is presented to the President for assent and signature in accordance
with this paragraph must be accompanied by a certificate from the Speaker stating
that the Bill is one to which this paragraph applies and that the requirements of this
paragraph have been satisfied.
(5) A Bill presented to the President in accordance with this paragraph is
deemed to have been duly passed by Parliament in the form in which it is presented to
the President.
(6) For the purposes of this paragraph —
(a) a Bill originating in the Nationa! Assembly is deemed to have been
introduced into the Senate on the sitting day immediately after the date of
its transmission to the Senate, as recorded in the journal of the National
Assembly in terms of paragraph 5(1);
(b) a Bill originating in the Senate is deemed to have been returned to the
Senate on the sitting day immediately after the date on which it is returned
for the first time to the Senate in accordance with paragraph 3(3).
(7) This paragraph does not apply to Constitutional Bills or Money Bills.
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