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DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION ACT 4, 2024
PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL- ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENT
DRAFTED BY VERITAS ZIMBABWE
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 Honourable E Mushoriwa |
30/05/24 | : Second reading speech by Minister of Justice and debate |
30/05/24 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report[link] |
30/05/24 | : Minister’s response to report and debate |
30/05/24 | : Second Reading motion approved |
17/10/24 | : Committee Stage |
17/10/24 | : Amendments made and sent to the PLC |
17/10/24 | : PLC issues a non-adverse report to the amendments |
12/11/24 | : Third Reading |
12/11/24 | : Bill transmitted to Senate as amended |
13/11/24 | : Bill received from National Assembly |
11/12/24 | : Minister’s Speech |
11/12/24 | : 2nd reading of the Bill |
11/12/24 | : Committee Stage |
11/12/24 | : Third reading |
11/12/24 | : Bill passed by both Houses |
31/12/24 | : Bill gazetted as Act[LINK] |
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 Honourable E Mushoriwa |
30/05/24 | : Second reading speech by Minister of Justice and debate |
30/05/24 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report[link] |
30/05/24 | : Minister’s response to report and debate |
30/05/24 | : Second Reading motion approved |
17/10/24 | : Committee Stage |
17/10/24 | : Amendments made and sent to the PLC |
17/10/24 | : PLC issues a non-adverse report to the amendments |
12/11/24 | : Third Reading |
12/11/24 | : Bill transmitted to Senate as amended |
13/11/24 | : Bill received from National Assembly |
11/12/24 | : Minister’s Speech |
11/12/24 | : 2nd reading of the Bill |
11/12/24 | : Committee Stage |
11/12/24 | : Third reading |
11/12/24 | : Bill passed by both Houses |
31/12/24 | : Bill gazetted as Act[LINK] |
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 Honourable E Mushoriwa |
30/05/24 | : Second reading speech by Minister of Justice and debate |
30/05/24 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report[link] |
30/05/24 | : Minister’s response to report and debate |
30/05/24 | : Second Reading motion approved |
17/10/24 | : Committee Stage |
17/10/24 | : Amendments made and sent to the PLC |
17/10/24 | : PLC issues a non-adverse report to the amendments |
12/11/24 | : Third Reading |
12/11/24 | : Bill transmitted to Senate as amended |
13/11/24 | : Bill received from National Assembly |
11/12/24 | : Minister’s Speech |
11/12/24 | : 2nd reading of the Bill |
11/12/24 | : Committee Stage |
11/12/24 | : Third reading |
11/12/24 | : Bill passed by both Houses |
31/12/24 | : Bill gazetted as Act[LINK] |
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—