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Gazetted 19-07-2023
27/07/21 | : Cabinet approved principles. |
03/12/21 | : Date of gazetting |
03/12/21 | : Bill Referred to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee |
15/02/22 | : Bill appears on order paper |
16/02/22 | : Bill introduced to the National Assembly |
16/02/22 | : First reading |
16/02/22 | : Bill referred to Parliamentary Legal Committee |
05/04/22 | : PLC issued a non-adverse report |
30/05/22 | : Veritas Commentary on the Bill [link]. |
22/06/22 | : Bill’s Second Reading (First appearance on order paper) |
11/07/22-15/07/22 | : Public Hearings |
1/06/23 | : Second Reading |
01/06/23 | : Second reading and Minister’s speech |
01/06/23 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report |
01/06/23 | : Committee Stage |
01/06/23 | : Third Reading motion approved |
01/06/23 | : Bill transmitted to Senate |
06/06/23 | : Bill received from National Assembly |
07/06/23 | : Minister’s second reading speech |
07/06/23 | : Second reading motion approved |
07/06/23 | : Committee Stage |
07/06/23 | : Third reading motion approved |
07/06/23 | : Bill passed by both houses |
19/07/23 | : Bill Gazetted as Act link |
TO amend the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06]; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe.
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Children’s Amendment Act, 2023.
2 Preamble inserted in Cap. 5:06
The Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06] (hereinafter called “the principal Act”) is amended by the substitution of the enactment formula by the following preamble—