CITIZENSHIP OF ZAMBIA ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Citizenship of Zambia Regulations

CITIZENSHIP OF ZAMBIA REGULATIONS

[Section 45]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1. Title

   2. Interpretation

   3. Notice of intention to apply for citizenship by registration

   4. Application for citizenship by registration

   5. Request for additional information

   6. Grant or rejection of application for citizenship by registration

   7. Certificate of citizenship by registration

   8. Notice of citizenship by adoption

   9. Notice of acquisition of citizenship of another country

   10. Bestowal of citizenship

   11. Oath of allegiance

   12. Renunciation of citizenship or citizenship of other country

   13. Deprivation of citizenship

   14. Publication of names of persons who cease to be citizens

   15. Form of registers

   16. Certification of documents

   17. Detention of certain documents

   18. Letter of confirmation

   19. Prescribed fees

   20. Revocation of S.I. No. 56 of 1977

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

SI 50 of 2017,

SI 27 of 2022.

1. Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Citizenship of Zambia Regulations, 2017.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

"citizenship office"  means the office of the Chief Passports and Citizenship Officer;

"immigration officer"  has the meaning assigned to the term in the Immigration and Deportation Act, 2010;

"law enforcement officer"  means—

   (a)   a police officer of or above the rank of inspector;

   (b)   a passports and citizenship officer; or

   (c)   an immigration officer;

"residence permit"  has the meaning assigned to the term in the Immigration and Deportation Act, 2010;

"senior government officer"  means a public officer at management level; and

"spouse permit"  has the meaning assigned to the term in the Immigration and Deportation Act, 2010.

3. Notice of intention to apply for citizenship by registration

A person who intends to apply for citizenship by registration under Article 37 of the Constitution shall publish in the Gazette and in two consecutive issues of a daily newspaper circulating in the person’s area of residence, a notice of the person’s intention in Form I set out in the First Schedule.

4. Application for citizenship by registration

A person who has complied with regulation 3 shall apply to the Board for citizenship by registration in Form II set out in the First Schedule upon payment of the application fee specified in the Second Schedule.

5. Request for additional information

The Board may, in relation to an application for citizenship by registration, request an applicant to submit additional information in Form III set out in the First Schedule.

6. Grant or rejection of application for citizenship by registration

   (1) The Board shall, within six months of the receipt of an application for citizenship by registration, grant or reject the application.

   (2) The Board shall reject an application for citizenship by registration that does not meet the requirements of the Constitution and the Act.

   (3) Where the Board rejects an application for citizenship, the Board shall inform the applicant, in writing, of the rejection and the reasons therefor, within seven days of the rejection.

   (4) The Board shall, where an application for citizenship by registration is granted, register the applicant in accordance with section 23 of the Act.

7. Certificate of citizenship by registration

The Board shall, upon registration of an applicant in accordance with regulation 6(4), issue the applicant with a certificate of citizenship by registration in Form IV set out in the First Schedule.