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CHAPTER 120 - REFUGEES (CONTROL) ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Refugees (Control) (Declaration of Refugees) Order

Refugees (Control) (Declaration of Reception Areas) Order

Refugee (Control) (Establishment of Refugee Settlements) Order

Refugee (Control) (Establishment of Refugee Settlements) Order

Refugees (Control) (Issuance of Refugee Identity Card) Order, 2009

REFUGEES (CONTROL) (DECLARATION OF REFUGEES) ORDER

[Section 3]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Declaration of refugees

SI 240 of 1971.

[Order by the Minister]

 

1. Title

This Order may be cited as the Refugees (Control) (Declaration of Refugees) Order.

 

2. Declaration of refugees

Persons who are, or prior to their entry into Zambia were, ordinarily resident outside Zambia and who have sought asylum in Zambia owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion are declared to be refugees for the purposes of the Act.

REFUGEES (CONTROL) (DECLARATION OF RECEPTION AREAS) ORDER

[Section 4(1)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Declaration of reception areas

      SCHEDULE

SI 132 of 1971.

[Order by the Minister]

 

1. Title

This Order may be cited as the Refugees (Control) (Declaration of Reception Areas) Order.

 

2. Declaration of reception areas

Each area described in the Schedule is hereby declared a reception area for the purposes of the Act.

SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 2]

NYIMBA RECEPTION AREA


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That piece of land, rectangular in shape, bounded in the East by the Great East Road, in the West by Nyimba Hospital, and situated at Nyimba, in the Petauke District of the Eastern Province of the Republic of Zambia.

MAYUKWAYUKWA RECEPTION AREA

That piece of land, about 40 kilometers West of Mangango Mission Station, situated at the confluence of the Luena and Luampa Rivers, in the Kaoma District of the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia.

LWATEMBO RECEPTION AREA

That piece of land, about 20 kilometers East of the Zambezi Boma and 3 kilometers North of the M8 road, in the Zambezi District of the North-Western Province of the Republic of Zambia.

MEHEBA RECEPTION AREA

That piece of land, about 70 kilometers West of Solwezi Boma, rectangular in shape, bounded in the West by the Meheba River, in the North by Protected Forest Area No. 105: Acres, in the South and South-East by the Mwafwe River, with an area of approximately 580 square kilometers, in the Solwezi District of the North-Western Province of the Republic of Zambia.

REFUGEES (CONTROL) (ESTABLISHMENT OF REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS) ORDER

[Section 4(2)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Establishment of refugee settlements

      SCHEDULE

SI 133 of 1971.

[Order by the Minister]

 

1. Title

This Order may be cited as the Refugee (Control) (Establishment of Refugee Settlements) Order.

 

2. Establishment of refugee settlements

Each reception area described in the Schedule is hereby established as a refugee settlement.

SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 2]

NYIMBA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT

That piece of land, rectangular in shape, bounded in the East by the Great East Road, in the West by Nyimba Hospital, and situated at Nyimba, in the Petauke District of the Eastern Province of the Republic of Zambia.

MAYUKWAYUKWA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT

That piece of land, about 40 kilometres West of Mangango Mission Station, situated at the confluence of the Luena and Luampa Rivers, in the Kaoma District of the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia.

LWATEMBO REFUGEE SETTLEMENT

That piece of land, about 20 kilometres East of the Zambezi Boma and 3 kilometres North of the M8 road, in the Zambezi District of the North-Western Province of the Republic of Zambia.

MEHEBA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT

That piece of land, about 70 kilometres West of Solwezi Boma, rectangular in shape’ bounded in the West by the Meheba River, in the North by Protected Forest Area No. 105: Acres, in the South and South-East by the Mwafwe River, with an area of approximately 580 square kilometres, in the Solwezi Distrct of the North-Western Province of the Republic of Zambia.

REFUGEES (CONTROL) (ESTABLISHMENT OF REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS) ORDER

[Section 4(3)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Establishment of Refugee Settlement

      SCHEDULE

SI 86 of 1987.

[Order by the Minister]

 

1. Title

This Order may be cited as the Refugee (Control) (Establishment of Refugee Settlements) Order.

 

2. Establishment of Refugee Settlement

Each reception area described in the Schedule is hereby established as a refugee settlement.

SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 2]

UCWIMI REFUGEE SETTLEMENT

That piece of land rectangular in shape bounded in the North by the Lusandwa River, on the East by the Kasangazi River and situated 62 kilometers from Petauke Bowa in the Petauke District of the Republic of Zambia.

REFUGEES (CONTROL) (ISSUANCE OF REFUGEE IDENTITY CARD) ORDER, 2009

[Section 6]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Identity card for refugee residing outside refugee settlement or reception area

   3.   Identity card refugee residing within refugee settlement or reception area

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

SI 97 of 2009.

 

1. Title

ThisOrdermay be cited as the Refugees (Control) (Issuance of Refugee Identity Card) Order, 2009.

 

2. Identity card for refugee residing outside refugee settlement or reception area

The Commissioner shall issue an identity card Form 1 set out in the First Schedule to a person recognised as a refugee and authorised to reside in a place within Zambia, other than a refugee settlement or reception area.

 

3. Identity card refugee residing within refugee settlement or reception area

The Commissioner shall issue an identity card in Form II set out in the Second Schedule to a refugee who is resident in the Second Schedule to a refugee who is resident in a refugee settlementor reception area.

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Paragraph2]

Colour: White

FORM 1

FRONT

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

OFFICEOF THE COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

REFUGEE IDENTITY CARD

Individual Photo

individual Case Number

Surname: ………………………

First Name …………………:

Sex …………………….:

Nationality ........................

Place of Entry ...................

Date of Entry ..............

Profession: .................

Residence: ...................

ID Card No: ……………….

BACK

This identity card is issued under section 6 of the Refugees (Control) Act. If found, hand it in at any nearest police station, Immigration Office or the Office of the Commissioner for Refugees, P.O. Box 50997, Lusaka.

…………………………………………………….

Signature of Commissioner for Refugees

Commissioner for refugees

Date Issued:

Barcode Serial No.

Expiry Date

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 3]

24Colour: White

FORM 1

FRONT

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

OFFICEOF THE COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

REFUGEE IDENTITY CARD

Individual Photo

individual Case Number

Surname: ………………………

First Name …………………:

Sex …………………….:

Nationality ........................

Place of Entry ...................

Date of Entry ..............

Profession: .................

Residence: ...................

ID Card No: ……………….

BACK

This identity card is issued under section 6 of the Refugees (Control) Act. If found, hand it in at any nearest police station, Immigration Office or the Office of the Commissioner for Refugees, P.O. Box 50997, Lusaka.

…………………………………………………….

Signature of Commissioner for Refugees

Commissioner for refugees

Date Issued:

Barcode Serial No.

Expiry Date {/mprestriction}