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15/11/23 | : Motion for leave to bring Private Member’s Bill |
16/11/23 | : Motion approved by National Assembly |
16/11/23 | : Bill introduced to the National Assembly |
16/11/23 | : First reading |
16/11/23 | : Bill referred to Parliamentary Legal Committee |
14/12/23 | : Bill Gazetted (link) |
01/02/24 | : PLC issued an adverse report |
08/02/24 | : Cabinet approved principles |
06-10/05/24 | : Public Hearings |
28/05/24 | : PLC withdraws adverse report |
28/05/24 | : PLC issues a non-adverse report |
28/05/24 | : Second reading speech by Sponsor |
30/05/24 | : Second reading speech by Minister of Justice and debate |
30/05/24 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report[link] |
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TO abolish the death penalty in Zimbabwe; to amend the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07], section 4 of the Genocide Act [Chapter 9:20], the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] and section 3 of the Geneva Conventions Act [Chapter 11:06]; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe.
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Death Penalty Abolition Act [Chapter 9:26].
2 Abolition of death penalty
Notwithstanding any other law—