Minerals Exploration and Marketing Corporation Bill Occupational Safety and Health Bill Regional, Town and Country Planning Bill Labour Amendment Bill Children's Amendment Bill Public Health Bill Medical Aid Societies Bill Manpower Development Amendment Bill State Universities Amendment Bill [to amend the enabling statutes of all such institutions] Zimbabwe Youth Council Bill Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Amendment Bill [a Bill that has been promised since April 2016, long before the beginning of the last session in October] Computer Crime and Cybersecurity Bill Electronic Transactions and Electronic Commerce Bill Coroner’s Office Bill. It will be interesting to see how many of Bills on the last session’s agenda that were not produced will be repeated on this year’s list. This coming session will be the last session before the general election which must be held before the 22nd August next year. Of interest to note was that the President did not automatically and immediately assent to all Bills passed by Parliament Using section 131(6) of the Constitution, the President returned two Bills to Parliament for reconsideration:- Special Economic Zones Bill [the National Assembly quickly attended to the President’s reservations about the exclusion of the Labour Act in special economic zones by deleting the offending provision. The President then assented to the revised Bill and gazetted it as an Act – see above list] ZEP-RE (Membership of Zimbabwe and Branch Office Agreement) Bill [the President’s reservations about the preamble to the Bill were dealt with by an amendment that was cleared by the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC] in a non-adverse report received on 31st July but not finally approved by the National Assembly, so this item will have to be carried forward to the new session]. Unfortunately, although a question mark is handing over the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill, the President did not send it back [see Unplanned Legislative Output during the Previous Session
Minerals Exploration and Marketing Corporation Bill Occupational Safety and Health Bill Regional, Town and Country Planning Bill Labour Amendment Bill Children's Amendment Bill Public Health Bill Medical Aid Societies Bill Manpower Development Amendment Bill State Universities Amendment Bill [to amend the enabling statutes of all such institutions] Zimbabwe Youth Council Bill Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Amendment Bill [a Bill that has been promised since April 2016, long before the beginning of the last session in October] Computer Crime and Cybersecurity Bill Electronic Transactions and Electronic Commerce Bill Coroner’s Office Bill. It will be interesting to see how many of Bills on the last session’s agenda that were not produced will be repeated on this year’s list. This coming session will be the last session before the general election which must be held before the 22nd August next year. Of interest to note was that the President did not automatically and immediately assent to all Bills passed by Parliament Using section 131(6) of the Constitution, the President returned two Bills to Parliament for reconsideration:- Special Economic Zones Bill [the National Assembly quickly attended to the President’s reservations about the exclusion of the Labour Act in special economic zones by deleting the offending provision. The President then assented to the revised Bill and gazetted it as an Act – see above list] ZEP-RE (Membership of Zimbabwe and Branch Office Agreement) Bill [the President’s reservations about the preamble to the Bill were dealt with by an amendment that was cleared by the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC] in a non-adverse report received on 31st July but not finally approved by the National Assembly, so this item will have to be carried forward to the new session]. Unfortunately, although a question mark is handing over the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill, the President did not send it back [see Unplanned Legislative Output during the Previous Session
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