Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
Right to life
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48 Right to life
(1) Every person has the right to life.
(2) A law may permil the death penalty to be imposed only on a person convicted
of murder committed in aggravating circumstances, and—
(a) _ the law must permit the court a discretion whether or not to impose the penalty; ,
(b) the penalty may be carried out only in accordance with a final judgment
of a competent court:
{c) the penalty must not be imposed on a person——
(i) who was tess than twenty-one years old when the offence was
committed; or
(ii) who is more than seventy years old:
(d) the penalty must not be imposed or carried out on a woman; and
(e) the person sentenced must have a right to seek pardon or commutation
of the penalty from the President.
(3) An Act of Parliament must protect the lives of unborn children, and that
Act must provide that pregnancy may be terminated only in accordance with that law.
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