In our Bill Watch 22/2019 of the 17th April we analysed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill to see how far it differs from the Public Order and Security Act, and we concluded that the Bill will make no material difference to the existing law.
In this Bill Watch we shall examine the Bill again to see whether its provisions, if enacted, will be constitutional.
The Constitution
BILL WATCH 23/2019
[22nd April 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 7th May
Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill Gazetted
BILL WATCH 22/2019
[17th April 2019]
The Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill
BILL WATCH 21/2019
[16th April 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 7th May
Government Gazettes 15th to 29th March
BILL WATCH 20/2019
[15th April 2019]
The Education Amendment Bill
BILL WATCH 19/2019
[11th April 2019]
The Legislative Agenda for Parliament’s 2018/2019 Session:
How Far Has it Progressed?
BILL WATCH 18/2019
[5th April 2019]
Bills and Acts of 2018
Update on Bills Passed by Parliament during 2018
Twelve Bills were passed by Parliament during 2018:
Finance Bill
Appropriation (2018) Bill
Estate Administrators Amendment Bill
BILL WATCH 17/2019
[28th March 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Approved the
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
BILL WATCH 16/2019
[27th March 2019]
The Senate is Sitting This Week
The National Assembly has Adjourned to Tuesday 7th May
In the Senate This Week
Yesterday
Cyclone Idai
The Senate resumed sitting yesterday, Tuesday 26th March, having been in recess for the previous two weeks. At the end of Thursday’s sitting it is expected to adjourn until Tuesday 7th May.
BILL WATCH 15/2019
[21st March 2019]
The New Monetary Policy : Legal Issues
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe delivered his Monetary Policy Statement on the 20th February and, amongst other measures, announced the following:
BILL WATCH 14/2019
[13th March 2019]
The National Assembly is Sitting This Week
The Senate is in Recess until 26th March
Zimbabwe Ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [CTBT]
On 13th February Zimbabwe ratified this treaty, which was signed on its behalf in 1999. On 14th February a national seminar on CTBT took place in Harare.
BILL WATCH 13/2019
[12th March 2019]
Unfinished Business
January’s Defence Forces Deployment:
Parliament Not Yet Officially Informed
Nearly two months have passed since mid-January, when the Defence Forces were deployed in support of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in the maintenance of public order. The heavy-handed deployment continued for some time.
BILL WATCH 12/2019
[6th March 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are Sitting This Week
Finance Act and Appropriation (2019) Act Gazetted
These Acts were published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 20th February:
Finance Act, 2019 (No. 1 of 2019) [link]
BILL WATCH 9/2019
[15th February 2019]
From the Horse’s Mouth: Finance Minister Ncube Tells Senators
What US Dollar/Bond Note Parity Means when Paying Government or its Agencies
Confusing legislative terminology
BILL WATCH 10/2019
[17th February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 5th March
Monetary Statement Late
BILL WATCH 8/2019
[10th February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 12th February
Both Houses of Parliament sat again last week. Both enjoyed a relatively easy week. Only one sitting lasted until after 5 pm; the others ended well before that, most of them just before or just after 4 pm. After Thursday afternoon’s sittings both Houses adjourned until next Tuesday, 12th February.
BILL WATCH 7/2019
[3rd February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 5th February
Polarisation in Parliament over the Current Economic and Security Situation
BILL WATCH 6/2019
[28th January 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume Sitting on Tuesday 29th January
Coming Up in the Senate
BILL WATCH 5/2019
[25th January 2019]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 3
BILL WATCH 4/2019
[24th January 2019]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 2
This bulletin follows on from Bill Watch 37/2018 of 9th November [link], which was Part 1 of a series aimed at providing basic information, not previously provided in our bulletins, about the approximately 170 statutory instruments [SIs] gazetted during the period January to end of August 2018.
