The funds which. immediately before the effective date, stood to the credit

17. The funds which. immediately before the effective date, stood to the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund established by the former Constitution become the Consolidated Revenue Fund established by this Constitution. Courts and legai proceedings (8. (1) In this paragraph — “pending constitutional case” means — (a) an appeal. application or reference in which an alleged contravention of the Declaration of Rights contained in the former Constitution ts in issue; or (b) any case in which a constitutional matter, as defined in section 332 of this Constitution, is in issue; and which. immediately before the publication date, is pending before the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe constituted under the former Constitution. (2) Notwithstanding section 166, for seven years after the publication date. the Constitutional Court consists of — (a) the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice; and (b) seven other judges of the Supreme Court; who must sit together as a bench to hear any constitutional case. (3) A vacancy on the Constitutional Court occurring in the first seven years after the publication date must be filled by another Judge or an additional or acting judge, as the case may be, of the Supreme Court. (4) Until different provision is made by or under an Act of Parliament — (a) rules may be made under the Supreme Court Act |Chapter 7:13] to regulate the procedure of the Constitutional Court; (b) the rules of the Supreme Court apply, with any necessary changes, to the - procedure of the Constitutional Court in relation to any matter that ts not provided for in rules made in terms of subparagraph (a); but any such rules, in so far as they apply to the procedure of the Constitutional Court. must be consistent with section 85 and Chapter 8. No. t CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT (No 20) 2013 (5) The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe. the High Court of Zimbabwe, the Labour - Court and the Administrative Court, as established immediately before the effective date, are constituted respectively as the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Labour Court and the Administrative Court under this Constitution, and any decision of those courts given before the effective date has effect accordingly. . (6) Every person who, immediately before the effective date, presided over the Labour Court or the Administrative Court becomes a judge of the Labour Court or the Administrative Court, as the case may be, on the same conditions of service as apply on that date to judges of the High Court, his or her length of service as a President of the Labour Court or the Administrative Court being deemed to be service as a judge of the High Court. (7) The magistrates courts, traditional courts and any other courts that were established by an Act of Parliament before the publication day continue in existence on and after that day as if they had been established by an Act referred to in section 174, and the decisions of those courts given before the publication day have effect ac- cordingly. (8) Any pending constitutional case — (a) in which the argument from the parties has not been heard before the publication date must be transferred to the Constitutional Court constituted in terms of subparagraph (2); (b) in which the argument from the parties has been heard by the publication date must be completed by the Supreme Court unless all the parties to the case agree to it being referred to the Constitutional Court constituted in terms of subparagraph (2), in which event the Supreme Court must refer the case to that Court. (9) All cases. other than pending constitutional cases, that were pending before any court before the effective date may be continued before that court or the equivalent court established by this Constitution, as the case may be, as if this Constitution had been in force when the cases were conmmenced, but — (a) the procedure to be followed in those cases must be the procedure that was applicable to them immediately before the effective date: and (b) the procedure referred to in subparagraph (a) applies to those cases even if it is contrary to any provision of Chapter 4 of this Constitution. (10) For the purposes of subparagraph (9)— (a) acriminal case is deemed to have commenced when the accused person pleaded to the charge; (b) acivil case is deemed to have commenced when the summons was issued or the application was filed, as the case may be. Provisions relating to Prosecutor-General