ZAMBIA LAW DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACT
Arrangement of Sections
Section
PART I
PRELIMINARY
PART II
THE ZAMBIA LAW DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
3. Establishment of the Zambia Law Development Commission
6A. Remuneration and allowances
PART III
THE DIRECTORATE OF THE COMMISSION
12. Director, research officers and other staff
14. Prohibition of disclosure of information
PART IV
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
19. Savings and transitional provisions
AN ACT
to establish the Zambia Law Development Commission; to define the functions of the Zambia Law Development Commission; to repeal and replace the Law Development Commission and Institute for Legislative Drafting Act and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
Act 11 of 1996,
Act 38 of 1996,
Act 18 of 2009,
Act 4 of 2019,
Act 17 of 2021.
[1st April, 1996]
[General Note"” Section 7 of the Act 4 of 2019 deleted the words "Commissioner" and "Commissioners" wherever they appeared and substituted them by the words "member" and "members".]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
This Act may be cited as the Zambia Law Development Commission Act.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
"associate" has the meaning assigned to the word in the Anti-Corruption Act;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"Commission" means the Zambia Law Development Commission established under section 3;
...
["Commissioner" rep by s 2(a) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"Chairperson" means the person appointed as Chairperson under section 5;
...
["Deputy Chairperson" rep by s 2(a) of Act 4 of 2019.]
...
["Deputy Director" rep by s 2(a) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"Director" means the person appointed as Director under section 12;
"emoluments" has the meaning assigned to the word in the Constitution
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"Emoluments Commission" means the Emoluments Commission established by the Constitution;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"Examinations Council of Zambia" means the Examinations Council of Zambia established under the Examination Council of Zambia Act;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"former Commission" means the Law Development Commission established under the repealed Act;
"member" means a person appointed as a member of the Commission under section 5;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"private higher education" has the meaning assigned to the words in the Higher Education Act;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"public higher education institution" has the meaning assigned to the words in the Higher Education Act;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"private university" means a private higher education institution registered under the Higher Education Act, as a university;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"public university" means a public higher education institution established or declared under the Higher Education Act, as a university;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"relative" has the meaning assigned to the words in the Anti-Corruption Act;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"School Certificate" means the certificate awarded by the Examinations Council of Zambia to a candidate who passes such subjects, in the grade twelve examinations conducted by the Examinations Council of Zambia, as the Examinations Council of Zambia requires for the award of the certificate;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"Vice-Chairperson" means the person elected as Vice-Chairperson under section 5;
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
"repealed act" means the Law Development Commission and Institute of Legislative Drafting Act.
"Zambia Qualifications Authority" means the Zambia Qualifications Authority established under the Zambia Qualifications Authority Act.
[Ins by s 2(b) of Act 4 of 2019.]
PART II
THE ZAMBIA LAW DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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