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 payment of any sum recoverable under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code; Cap. 88. It exempts default by a trustee or person acting in a fiduciary capacity and ordered to pay by any court of competent jurisdiction any sum in his possession or control and default by any person practising in Zambia as a barrister or solicitor in payment of costs.
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Debtors Act Current Version
January 2022
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 payment of any sum recoverable under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code; Cap. 88. It exempts default by a trustee or person acting in a fiduciary capacity and ordered to pay by any court of competent jurisdiction any sum in his possession or control and default by any person practising in Zambia as a barrister or solicitor in payment of costs.
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