Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013

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The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 is the landmark law that introduced Zimbabwe’s current constitution, overhauling the country’s governance framework and institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
aimedAt overhauling Zimbabwe’s governance framework ⓘ
reforming state institutions in Zimbabwe ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Zimbabwe Constitution 2013 ⓘ
appliesTo all organs of the state in Zimbabwe ⓘ
all persons within Zimbabwe ⓘ
contains preamble of the Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
provisions on citizenship of Zimbabwe ⓘ
provisions on devolution of governmental powers in Zimbabwe ⓘ
provisions on elections in Zimbabwe ⓘ
provisions on independent commissions supporting democracy in Zimbabwe ⓘ
provisions on separation of powers in Zimbabwe ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
dateOfAssent 2013-05-22 ⓘ
dateOfCommencement 2013-05-22 ⓘ
established Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ
new Declaration of Rights in Zimbabwe ⓘ
new constitutional framework for Zimbabwe ⓘ
new system of provincial and local government in Zimbabwe ⓘ
term limits for the President of Zimbabwe ⓘ
governs fundamental rights and freedoms in Zimbabwe ⓘ
structure of the Executive of Zimbabwe ⓘ
structure of the Judiciary of Zimbabwe ⓘ
structure of the Legislature of Zimbabwe ⓘ
headOfStateAtEnactment Robert Mugabe ⓘ
hierarchicalStatus highest law in Zimbabwe ⓘ
jurisdiction Zimbabwe ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect introduced a new Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Zimbabwe ⓘ
precededBy Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act, 2009 ⓘ
providesFor appointment and removal of public officers in Zimbabwe ⓘ
constitutional review and amendment procedures in Zimbabwe ⓘ
protection of human rights in Zimbabwe ⓘ
regulation of political offices including the presidency and parliament in Zimbabwe ⓘ
replaced Lancaster House Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
resultOf 2013 constitutional reform process in Zimbabwe ⓘ
shortName Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act ⓘ
signedBy Robert Mugabe ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional law ⓘ
typeOfLaw supreme law of Zimbabwe ⓘ
yearEnacted 2013 ⓘ

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Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe → establishedBy → Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 ⓘ
Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 → shortName → Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 → alsoKnownAs → 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
GNU (Zimbabwe) → resultedIn → Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013