Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
(1) Every detainee’s case must be submitted to the review tribunal within ten
- Jurisdiction
- Zimbabwe
- Provision
- 5
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source5. (1) Every detainee’s case must be submitted to the review tribunal within ten
days after his or her initial detention and the tribunal must be informed of the name of
the detainee. the place where he or she is detained and the reasons for the detention.
(2) Every detainee’s case must be resubmitted to the review tribunal at intervals
of thirty days from the date on which the case was last reviewed. or at shorter intervals
if the tribunal so orders.
(3) The review tribunal must proceed without delay to review all cases submitted
to it.
(4) At all hearings by the review tribunal, the detaitiees whose cases are being
reviewed must be allowed to present their cases in person or, if they wish—
(a) through legal practitioners assigned to them by the State at State expense:
or
(b) at their own expense, through legal practitioners of their choice.
(5S) The reference in subparagraph (1) to a ten-day period includes a reference
to lesser periods of detention that amount to ten days, in the case of a detainee who Is
released within ten days after being initially detained and is then re-detained within
ten days after that release.
Reconmrendations of review tribunal
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Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 · ictministry.gov.zw · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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