CHAPTER 3 THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ACT
CHAPTER 3
THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Enactments to be styled "Acts"
3. Words of enactment
4. Sections and subsections
5. Preparation of presentation copies
6. The assent
7. Numbering
8. Original copies
9. Publication
10. Commencement
FIRST SCHEDULE-Words of enactment
SECOND SCHEDULE-Form of authentication statement
THIRD SCHEDULE-Form of statement of the
President's assent
CHAPTER 3
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT 64 of 1964
An Act to provide for the form and commencement
of Acts; to provide for the procedure following the perusing of
Bills; and to
provide for matters incidental to or connected with
the foregoing.
[24th October, 1964]
1. This Act may be cited as the Acts of
Parliament Act. Short title
2. All laws made by Parliament shall be styled "Acts".
Enactments to be styled "Acts"
3. (1) The provisions of every Act shall be
prefaced by the words of enactment specified in the
First Schedule. Words of enactment
(2) The words of enactment shall be taken to
extend to all sections of the Act and to any
Schedules, tables and other provisions contained
therein.
4. Where an Act contains more than one
enactment, it shall be divided into sections and sections containing
more than one enactment
shall be divided into subsections. Sections
and subsections
5. (1) As soon as a Bill has been passed by the
National Assembly, the Clerk of the National Assembly shall cause
the text of
the Bill as passed to be sent to the Government Printer
who shall print four copies thereof on vellum or on paper of
enduring
quality and send the copies as printed to the Clerk.
Preparation of presentation copies
(2) As soon as may be after a Bill has been
received by the Clerk of the National Assembly in pursuance of the
provision of subsection
(1), the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker or,
in their absence or if they are unable to act, the Clerk of the
National Assembly
shall-
(a) cause to be made in the said copies such
corrections as relate to misprints, typographical errors and wrong
references, if
any, as are necessary;
(b) carefully compare the said copies with the
text of the Bill as passed and if he finds them to be correct sign
on each copy
a statement in the form set out in the Second Schedule;
and
(c) cause the said copies to be presented to the
President for assent.
(3) Where a special Bill is passed in the
National Assembly after having been supported on second and third
readings by the votes
of not less than two-thirds of all the members
of the Assembly, the Speaker, or the Deputy Speaker if the Speaker
is absent or
otherwise unable to
act shall, before the Bill is presented to the
President for his assent, insert in the Bill in whatever
form he considers appropriate a certificate that the
Bill was passed after having been so supported.
(4) For the purposes of this section
"special Bill" means a Bill for an Act which is required by
the Constitution to be
supported in the manner described in
subsection (3) before it may be passed in the National Assembly.
6. (1) The President shall signify that he
assents to a Bill by signing on each copy of the Bill prepared in
accordance with the
provisions of section five, a statement to that
effect in the form set out in the Third Schedule. The assent
(2) A Bill shall become an Act on the signature by the
President of the first of the said copies.
7. (1) Acts shall be numbered consecutively in
the order in which they become Acts and the numbering shall begin
afresh at the
commencement of a calendar year. Numbering
(2) As soon as the President has signed a copy
of an Act under the provisions of section six, the
Clerk shall cause the number of the Act to be entered
on the copy so signed.
8. (1) Whenever the procedure set out in
sections five, six and seven purports to have been followed in
relation to copies of
an Act, the copies shall be deemed to be the
original copies of the Act and shall be conclusive evidence of the
terms of the
Act, its number and the date of assent. Original
copies
(2) Two of the original copies of every Act
shall be retained by the President who shall cause one each of the
remaining copies
to be deposited with the Speaker and the Director
of National Archives of Zambia, appointed under the National
Archives Act.
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9. Every Act shall be published by the
Government Printer as soon as may be after the
President's assent has been signified, and shall be so
published-
(a) with the omission of the statements
contained in the original copies by virtue of the provisions of
sections five and six;
(b) with the insertion of a statement of the
date on which the President's assent was signified, and the date of
commencement;
(c) where appropriate, with the inclusion of any
certificate given in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (3)
of section
five. Publication
10. (1) Subject to the provisions of this
section, the commencement of an Act shall be such date as is
provided in or under the
Act, or where no date is so provided, the
date of its publication as notified in the Gazette. Commencement
(2) Every Act shall be deemed to come into force
immediately on the expiration of the day next preceding its
commencement.
(3) A provision in an Act regulating the coming
into force of the Act or any part thereof shall have effect
notwithstanding that
the part of the Act containing the provision
has not come into operation.
(4) Where an Act is made with retrospective
effect, the commencement of the Act shall be the date from which it
is given or deemed
to be given such effect.
(5) The provisions of subsection (4) shall not
apply to an Act until there is a notification in the Gazette as to
the date of
its publication and until such date is specified the Act
shall be without effect.
FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 3)
WORDS OF ENACTMENT
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia.
SECOND SCHEDULE
(Section 5)
FORM OF AUTHENTICATION STATEMENT
This printed impression has been
carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the
National assembly, and found by me to be a true and
correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
Signed
Speaker/Deputy Speaker/Clerk of the
National Assembly
Date of Authentication:
THIRD SCHEDULE
(Section 6)
FORM OF STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ASSENT
I hereby signify my assent to the
Bill.
Signed............................................................
President
Date of Assent:
CHAPTER 4 THE STATUTORY FUNCTIONS ACTCHAPTER 4
THE STATUTORY FUNCTIONS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Meaning of "Minister"
4. Allocation, transfer, etc., of statutory
functions
5. Delegation
6. Restrictions on transfer and delegation
7. Formalities and publication
8. Certificate of Secretary to the Cabinet
9. Signification
10. Schedule of statutory functions
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