HIS EXCELLENCY THE HONOURABLE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, G.C.Z.M., President of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of Zimbabwe.
WHEREAS section 187(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, 2013, provides that a judge may be removed from office only for inability to perform the functions of his or her office, due to mental or physical incapacity, gross incompetence or gross misconduct;
AND WHEREAS section 187(3) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that if the Judicial Service Commission advises the President that the question of removing a judge from office ought to be investigated, the President must appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter;
AND WHEREAS the President issued a Proclamation in Statutory Instrument 70 of 2020 establishing the Tribunal to inquire into the question of removal from office of Honourable Justice Francis Bere;
AND WHEREAS certain amendments to the period of hearing of the inquiry are necessary;
NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the powers vested in the President as afore said, I do hereby, by this proclamation amend the Proclamation 1 of 2020, published in Statutory Instrument 70 of 2020, by insertion in paragraph (d) of the words “with an option of an extension of six (6) months”.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of Zimbabwe at Harare this fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty.
