Chiefs act zambia. The Defendant raised the following grounds for the review: 1. 4) Order, 1998 Statutory Instrument 6 of 1998. 1985. Commenced on 1 November 1965 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 1996. 27 OF 2008 The Chiefs Act (Laws, Volume I 6, Cap. itlo (No. 9 of 1967, Act No. Download PDF (101. 2) Order, 1998 WHEREAS the President is satisfied that the person named in the Schedule hereto is entitled to hold the office specified therein as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: CHAPTER 287 - CHIEFS ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION. 13 March An Act to provide for the membership, functions, operations and financial management of the Emoluments Commission; provide for a harmonised framework to govern the determination and management of emoluments for chiefs and officers in a State organ and State institution; enhance the capacity of a State organ and State institution to attract, retain and motivate officers and staff with requisite Mar 24, 2006 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. Download PDF (1. 185 "Repealed Act" means the Land (Conversion of Titles) Act; Cap. Chiefs Act Chapter 287 of the Laws of Zambia 3. Download PDF (92. 3) Order, 1980. 13 of 1994 is inconsistent with Article 165 of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act No. 4) Order, 1991. Apr 16, 1999 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. 2) Order, 2007 WHEREAS the President is satisfied that the person named in the Schedule to this Order is entitled to hold the office specified therein as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: Dec 31, 1996 · Chiefs Act, 1965 Chapter 287. Although the statistics are conflicting, the bulk of Zambia’s land is held under customary tenure. 2) Order, 2011 Statutory Instrument 28 of 2011. 289 of the 1972 Edition "State Land" means land which is not situated in a customary area; GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 1 MB) Report House of Chiefs Regulations, 1998: Statutory Instrument 41 of 1998: Lands Act made it possible for chiefs to use their own discretion in granting rights to customary land to the inhabitants of customary land, Zambians, affluent indi- viduals, foreign investors 5. 1 KB) Report Report a problem. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Date PART V GENERAL PROVISIONS 26. Short title 2. 1) Order, 2007 Statutory Instrument 11 of 2007. 10 of 1997, Act No. 1. issued in accordance with the Lands and Deeds Registry Act; Cap. 101/1964, Act No. Repealed Acts -1912; Repealed Acts - 1916; Repealed Acts -1929; Repealed Acts -1931; Repealed Acts -1949; Repealed Acts - 1955; Repealed Acts -1956; Repealed Acts -1957 Jan 16, 1998 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 11 of 2018] Constituency Development Fund Apr 27, 2012 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. The Chiefs Act, Cap 287 of the laws of Zambia. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Dec 31, 1996 · Chiefs Act, 1965 Zambia Zambia Chiefs Act, 1965 Chapter 287 Commenced on 1 November 1965 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 1996. Document detail History Chiefs Act, 1965 PART I TOWARD A NEW THEORY OF CHIEFS; PART II CHIEFS, DEVELOPMENT, AND ELECTIONS IN ZAMBIA; 5 Introduction to Zambia; 6 Chiefs and Local Public Goods Provision; 7 Electoral King Makers; 8 Chiefs and the Voters' Calculus; PART III TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN AFRICA AND BEYOND; Appendix A Cross-National Data Set of Chiefs' Power Zambia’s chiefs, including Chieftainess Mkanda, are the custodians and administrators of the majority of Zambia’s land and natural resources. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chiefs Oct 11, 2021 · Land ownership rights in Zambia’s farming village communities should therefore be regulated through complex political dynamics, which are a function of the 1995 Lands Act, the intentions of the chiefs, national economic policies, and the social relationships among local inhabitants. Record of disbursements to be kept 28. 4 KB) Report Report a problem. 287). Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Date Sep 11, 2020 · THE Litunga of the Lozi speaking people of Western Province and three other paramount chiefs have asked the Constitutional Court to remove Section 2 of the chiefs Act from the statute book as it is unconstitutional and void insofar as it defines the word ‘Chief’. s being, within the area in Zambia therein described, of Chief the holder of the office therein specified. 7) Order, 1989 Statutory Instrument 42 of 1989. 185 "Registrar" has the meaning assigned to it in the Lands and Deeds Registry Act; Cap. According to the Lands Act (1995), all land in Zambia belongs to the state. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation Jan 8, 1999 · The Chiefs Act (Laws, Volume 16, Cap. 4 %âãÏÓ 21 0 obj /Linearized 1 /O 23 /H [ 880 209 ] /L 24344 /E 13422 /N 6 /T 23806 >> endobj xref 21 22 0000000016 00000 n 0000000787 00000 n 0000001089 00000 n 0000001243 00000 n 0000001435 00000 n 0000001474 00000 n 0000001528 00000 n 0000001740 00000 n 0000002388 00000 n 0000004502 00000 n 0000005029 00000 n 0000005246 00000 n 0000005463 00000 n 0000006006 00000 n 0000006194 Jan 11, 1991 · the Chiefs Act: Now THEREFORE, in exercise of the power:1 contained in Aection three of the C"hiefs Act, the following Order is hereby made: l. ] as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers contained in section three of the Chiefs Act, the following Order is made: 1. This Act may be cited as the Registration and Development of Villages Act. Provisions of theAct complementary 30. The person namod in the Schedule to tl>is Order i hereby recognised as being, within the area in Zambia described Feb 16, 2007 · GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 287) The Chiefs (Recognition) (No. LUSAKA pursuant to Article 128(3) of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act No. Under this legal regime, Chiefs have the discretionary authority to allocate customary land. Thus on the one hand, the Zambian state acknowledges section three of the Chiefs Act, the following Order is hereby made: 1. They control access to lands and forests, and their decisions are binding on the individuals who live within their chiefdoms. This Order may be cited as the Chiefs (Recognition) (No. Dec 31, 1996 · An Act to make provision for the recognition, appointment and functions of Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs; for the exclusion of former Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs from specified areas in the interests of public order; for the appointment and functions of kapasus; and for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. The High Court Rules Chapter 27 of the Laws ofZambia This was the Defendant’s application for Review of this Court’s Order of Interim Injunction granted on 4th January, 2018. The person named in the Schedule hereto is hereby Recognition recognised as being, within the area in Zambia therein described, of Ch. 2 of 2016. 6) Order, Statutory Instrument No. Republic of Zambia 1965; Rubin and Tarantino 1980. 287 "councillor" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section section three of tho Chiefs Act, tho following Order is hereby made: 1. Since chiefs and traditional leaders are the key agents of change in this process, Jan 16, 1998 · GOVERNMENT ' -----OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 25 of 2012 Work referred to: Black's Law Dictionary, Eighth edn. In the customary system the chiefs regulate the allocation of the land. Such a law is at Dec 13, 2019 · Thus, the real question for the court to decide was whether the Chiefs Act in fact infringed the constitution. [1st November, 1965] 13 of 1994 1. 2 of 2016 and seeks the following reliefs: J2 2. ] [67 of 1965; 13 of 1994] An Act to make provision for the recognition, appointment and functions of Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs; 1. That section 4 (1) of the Chiefs Act which empowered the Apr 1, 2011 · Chiefs (Recognition) Order, 2011 Statutory Instrument 27 of 2011. Lawrence J. Download PDF (89. This Act may be cited as the Chiefs Act. 13 of 1994 was inconsistent with Article 165 of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act No. English. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Date traditional leadership to Central and Local Governments. Download PDF (126. 24 OF 2007 The Chiefs Act (Laws, Volume 16, Cap. Laws of Zambia. 1 of 2016 Constitutional Court Rules Statutory Instrument No. Constitution Amendment Act 2016; Acts; Bills; Bills - Not Presented; Laws of Zambia; Ministerial Statements; Library E-Resources; Government Agreements; Framework; Members Handbook; Parliamentary Budget Office; Research Products; Sessional Reports through the Chiefs Act and Village Act, which date back to the 1960s and early 1970s. Chiefs (Withdrawal of Recognition) Order, 1996. 2) Order, 1980. 12 of 2017. 17 2. In recent years, chieftainship as a qualification for membership of the House of Chiefs is explicitly based on thé Chiefs Act; cf. Their functions have also been stipulated under the two Acts. The first embodied the publicly expressed desire of the government and the ruling UNIP to decentralize power to the people” (Lolojih, 2008:4). Ss. 0 KB) Report Report a problem. AN ACT. Download PDF (91. Download PDF (107. ] PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Deputy Chief (Recognition) Order, 1996 Chiefs Act (Cap. section three of the Chiefs Act, the following Order is horoby ma. Short title This Act ma Dec 31, 1996 · (1) Any person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act— (a) was recognised by the President to be of chiefly status in the Western Province; or (b) was recognised under the Barotse Native Authority Act, Chapter 159 of the 1965 Edition of the Laws, as the Litunga of the Western Province; or (c) was recognised under the Native Jan 16, 1998 · GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA The Chiefs Act ws, Volume 16, Cap. 43 of 1952, L. This Order may be cited as the Chiefs (Recognition) Titlo (No. The provisions of Section 3(2)(b) of the Chiefs Act, Cap 287 of the Laws of Zambia are oppressive and biased because it bestows power upon the Litunga to recognize all chiefs traditionally by various tribes in Western Province before they can be recommended for recognition by the president. Download PDF (108. Apr 4, 2019 · According to the Land Act 1995, all land in Zambia is vested in the President. Since chiefs and traditional leaders are the key agents of change in this process, Active participation by chiefs and other opinion leaders gives legitimacy to the methodology and processes. This is an appeal against the judgment dated 31st August, 2017, Feb 25, 2000 · Chiefs (Recognition) Order, 2000 Statutory Instrument 23 of 2000. Offences 29. 15 2. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 8. The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act No. Country/Territory Zambia Document type Legislation Date 1965 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Zambia, Revised edition 2006 Ministerial Statement on the increased membership of the House of Chiefs by the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs, Hon. H) 2. 37 of 2016 The Chiefs Act, Cap 287 of the laws of Zambia The Chiefs (Recognition) (No. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Nov 6, 2016 · To replace the Local Government Act, 1965, Zambia enacted the Local Administration Act, 1980. 172/1960, L. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Date. The person named in tho Schodulo horoto is horoby Recognition recognised as being, within the area in Zambia thoroin do3cribo:I, of Chiof the holder ohhe office therein specified. 67 of 1965. May 8, 2023 · Constitution of Zambia Act, 1996 Act 17 of 1996. Apr 17, 2014 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. 2) Order, 2010 WHEREAS the President is satisfied that the person named in the Schedule to this Order is entitled to hold the office specified therein as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: Jan 12, 1996 · Chiefs (Recognition) Order, 1996 Statutory Instrument 8 of 1996. 461/1963, L. LUSAKA Dec 3, 2022 · The Chiefs have also observed that the move by the government to seek consensus over the 1958 Chiefdoms Boundaries Act is a sign of bringing reconciliation to the country for the purpose of Apr 1, 2011 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. 7) Order, 1999 Statutory Instrument 43 of 1999. Laws of Zambia, Revised edition 2006, Chapter 287. 7) Order, 2014 Statutory Instrument 34 of 2014. 2) Order, 2007 WHEREAS the President is satisfied that the person named in the Schedule to this Order is entitled to hold the office specified therein as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: Active participation by chiefs and other opinion leaders gives legitimacy to the methodology and processes. 6) Order, 2012 Statutory Instrument 25 of 2012. 6 KB) Report Report a problem. N. l)Order,1980. This content is exclusively provided by FAO / FAOLEX. Download PDF (95. 362/1956, L. This decision comes amidst the ongoing House of Chiefs Session that began on April 8th, 2024. Records of meeting 27. The person named in the Schedule is recognised as being, within the area in Zambia described in the Dec 2, 2019 · Mulubisha alleged that the Chiefs Act Chapter 287 of the laws of Zambia as amended by Act No. Chiefs act as coaches and mentors for community members, which enables positive behavioural changes to take place. The petitioner alleges that the Chiefs Act Chapter 287 of the Laws of Zambia as amended by Act No. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Mar 13, 1998 · Constitution of Zambia Act, 1996 Date 13 March 1998 Language Amended by House of Chiefs (Amendment) Regulations, 2005. iof the holder of the otfice therein specified Feb 7, 2014 · Chiefs (Recognition) Order, 2014 Statutory Instrument 13 of 2014. However, there is little guidance available for chiefs and headpersons on the specific responsibilities and limitations associated with this authority. Cf. 2. thé updated version of thé Zambian constitution as presented in Rubin et al. 287) The Chiefs (Reco 1ition) (No. Sichalwe, MP, presented to the House on Tuesday, 1st November, 2016. 7) Order, 2006 Statutory Instrument 39 of 2006. de: I. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Date Jan 1, 1999 · Zambia has a dual land tenure system: customary tenure and formal title registration. 4 OF J 998 The Chiefs Act (Laws, Volume 16, Cap. 2 of 2016 The Constitution of Zambia Act No. They rule with the consent of their the people by chiefs or other traditional authorities. Officiai lists of recognized chiefs and their councilîors have been Chiefs (Recognition) (No. The person named in the Schedule hereto is hereby Rooognitiou recognised a. Download PDF (99. “Officially, the enactment of the 1980 Local Administration Act had three principal objectives. This Order may be cited as the Chiefs (Recognition) Order, 2. Apr 1, 2011 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. This Order may be cited as the Chiofu (RocoJnition) 1. 3) Order, 1999 WHEREAS the President is satisfied that the person named in the Schedule to this Order is entitled to hold the office specified in the Order as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: %PDF-1. However, land in customary areas which was held under a system of customary tenure before the Land Act, continues to be held and recognised. As a result, in Zambia customary land cannot be bought or sold and by law has no monetary value. The brief background to the petition was that on January 5, 2016, the Constitution of Zambia, 1991, was amended by the Constitution of Zambia Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs from specified areas in the interests of public order; for the appointment and functions of kapasus; and for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-Interpretation "Chief" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section two of the Chiefs Act, and shall include a Senior Chief; Cap. Regulations SCHEDULE 240 No. 2 MB) Report Report a problem. 4 KB) Report Chiefs Act, 1965 Date 1 April 2011 Language Jan 19, 2007 · Chiefs (Recognition) (No. 97 (1948), Act No. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 Date Dec 21, 2023 · The House of Chiefs in Zambia has postponed its consideration of the reviewed Lands Act of 1995 and the Draft Guidelines on Customary Land Certification. 8 KB) Report Report a problem. An Act to make provision for the recognition, appointment andfunctions of Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs; for the exclusion of former Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs from specified areas in the interests of public order; for the appointment and An Act to make provision for the recognition, appointment and functions of Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs; for the exclusion of former Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs from specified areas in the interests of public order; for the appointment and functions of kapasus; and for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. Download PDF (153. This Order may be cited as the Chiefs (Recognition) 'l'itlo (No. 287) The Chiefs (Recognition) Order, 2008 WHEREAS the President is satisfied that the person named in the Schedule to this Order is entitled to hold the office specified therein as required by subsection (2) of section three of the Chiefs Act: Chiefs Act (Cap. 17 of 1967, Act No. 13 of 1994. 3) Order, 2011 Statutory Instrument 29 of 2011. 2 KB) Report Report a problem. 9 KB) Report Report a problem. Document detail Chiefs Act, 1965 of chiefs and to provide for matters incidental thereto [Cap. 3) Order, 1998 WHEREAS the President is sa · fied that the person named in the Schedule hereto is entitled to ho! the office specified therein as required by subsection (2) of section 1ree of the Chiefs Act; Feb 16, 2007 · GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. Source language. to make provision for the recognition, appointment and functions of Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs; for the exclusion of former Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs from specified areas in the interests of public order; for the appointment and functions of kapasus; and for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. Download PDF (118. 3(2)(a)(b) INTRODUCTION 1. 12 of 1950, Act No. 8 OF 2010 The Chiefs Act (Laws, Volume 16, Cap. In Zambia, traditional leadership is established under the Chiefs Act Chapter 287 and the House of Chiefs which is established under Article 169 of the Constitution of Zambia as amended under Act No. The section that focused on the recognition of chiefs within Zambia was in the ‘firm view’ of the judges, inconsistent with the constitution because the President no longer had the right to recognise chiefs. 13 of 1978, Act No. evjha ieez zyjiegp ozleae byptcw frv hsnrv wucbxg ubrz jks