Zimbabwe draft constitution (8)

PART 4
TENURE, ETC., OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

7.13 Tenure of seat of member of Parliament
(1) The seat of a member of Parliament becomes vacant
(a) on the dissolution of Parliament;
(b) upon the member resigning his or her seat by notice in writing to the President of the Senate or to the Speaker, as the case may be;
(c) upon the member becoming President;
(d) upon the member becoming President of the Senate or Speaker or a member of the other House;
(e) if the member ceases to be qualified for registration as a voter;

(f) if, without leave from the Speaker or the President of the Senate, as the case may be, the member is absent from the House of which he or she is a member for twenty-one consecutive days on which the House sits, and the House concerned resolves by a vote of at least two-thirds of its total membership that the seat should become vacant;

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