Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
Presidential immunity
- Jurisdiction
- Zimbabwe
- Provision
- 98
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source98 Presidential immunity
(1) While in office, the President is not liable to civil or criminal proceedings
in any court for things done or omitted to be done in his or her personal capacity.
(2) Civil or criminal proceedings may be instituted against a former President
for things done and omitted to be done before he or she became President or while he
or she was President.
(3) The running of prescription in relation to any debt or liability of the President
arising before or during his or her term of office is suspended while he or she remains
in office.
(4) In any proceedings brought against a former President for anything done
or omitted to be done in his or her official capacity while he or she was President, it is
a defence for him or her to prove that the thing was done or omitted in good faith.
No, 1 CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT (NO 20) 2013
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Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 · ictministry.gov.zw · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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