Zambia

Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMW)

Timezone: Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Zambia is a Southern Africa country sharing its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Angola, and Namibia. The country’s population is approximately 18 million people comprising over 72 ethnic groups, including Bemba,Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, and Nsenga. The major languages spoken by the people include English, Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Luvale, Lunda, and Kaonde. The country has a tropical climate, and the terrain consists of plateaus, hills, and mountains. The Kafue National Park, which is home to various wildlife species, is one of the country’s major tourist attractions.

Zambia is the second-largest producer of copper in Africa, and it accounts for 60% of the country’s exports. Other sources of foreign exchange include Copper, Cobalt, Tobacco, Flowers, and Cotton. Politically, the country operates a presidential republic system of government which is administratively divided into 10 provinces including Lusaka —the capital. The major challenges facing the country include extreme poverty, high unemployment levels, and high debt burden, which is currently over 60 percent of GDP.

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The Official Oaths Act

Government, Zambia

An Act to repeal and replace the Official Oaths Act; to revise the oaths to be taken and subscribed by various office holders, and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.

Zambia • 1950 • Democracy and Governance

Zambia Police Reserve

Ministry of Defence, Zambia

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Zambia Police Reserve.

Zambia • 1950 • Defence and Security

The Rhodesia Railways Loans Guarantee Act

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

An Act to provide for the Rhodesia Railways to make good any losses incurred by the trustees of the Railway Pension Schemes upon realisation of investments; to provide for the guarantee by the Government of...

Zambia • 1950 • Finance

Water Act

Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation, Zambia

An Act to consolidate and amend the law concerning the ownership, control, and use of water and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1949 • Utilities

Fencing Act

Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development, Zambia

An Act to regulate the erection and maintenance of dividing fences; and to provide for other related matters.

Zambia • 1949 • Infrastructure and Construction

Cattle Slaughter (Control) Act

Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia

An Act to control the slaughter of immature and breeding cattle and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1948 • Agriculture and Rural Development

The Tsetse Control Act, 1941

Ministry of Health, Zambia

This is an Act of Parliament specifying the provisions for detection, prevention and control of the spread of tsetse flies in Zambia including other related matters.

Zambia • 1941 • Health

The Pharmacy and Poisons Act

Ministry of Health, Zambia

An Act to make better provision for the control of the profession of pharmacy and the trade in drugs and poisons.

Zambia • 1941 • Health

Trading with the Enemy Act

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zambia

An Act to impose penalties for trading with the enemy; to make provision as respects the property of enemies and enemy subjects; and to provide for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

Zambia • 1939 • Foreign Affairs

Debtors Act

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

An Act in restriction of imprisonment for debt. This Act exempts these operations: default in payment of a penalty or sum like a penalty, other than a penalty in respect of any contract; default in...

Zambia • 1938 • Finance

Money-lenders Act

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

This Act makes provision for persons carrying on business as money-lenders, and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1938 • Finance

Roan Antelope Branch Railway Act

Ministry of Transport and Communications, Zambia

An Act to make provision for the construction of a line of railway from a point near Bwana Mkubwa to a point near the Roan Antelope Mine; and to provide for matters incidental to or...

Zambia • 1938 • Transportation

Railways Transfer of Statutory Powers Act

Ministry of Transport and Communications, Zambia

An Act to authorise the transfer of the title, rights, powers and privileges for the construction, maintenance and working of certain lines of railway.

Zambia • 1937 • Transportation

The Probates (Resealing) Act

Government, Zambia

An Act to provide for the recognition in Zambia of probate and letters of administration granted in Her Britannic Majesty’s dominions or by British courts in foreign countries; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

Zambia • 1936 • Democracy and Governance

Criminal Procedure Code Act

Ministry of Justice, Zambia

An Act to make provision for the procedure to be followed in criminal cases.

Zambia • 1934 • Justice

Dairies and Dairy Produce Act

Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia

An Act to make provision for the registration and control of dairies and dairy produce in Zambia, and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1931 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Act

Ministry of Defence, Zambia

An Act to control the activities and protect the interests of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations; and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1931 • Defence and Security

The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Association Act

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

This document is an Act to control the activities and protect the interests of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations, and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1931 • Youth and Sports Development

The Diaries and Diary Produce Act, 1931

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Zambia

This Act provides regulation for the registration and control of diaries and diary product in Zambia an for related matters.

Zambia • 1931 • Agriculture and Rural Development

The Penal Code Act

Ministry of Justice, Zambia

An Act to establish a Code of Criminal Law.

Zambia • 1931 • Justice