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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
(SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT
CHAPTER 407 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA
CHAPTER 407 THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS)
ACT
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
(SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Application of this Act
4. Cancellation of certain commercial traveller's licences under the Trades
Licensing Act
5. Restriction on grant or renewal of commercial traveller's licences under the
Trades Licensing Act
6. Issue of foreign commercial traveller's licence
SCHEDULE -Foreign commercial traveller's licence
CHAPTER 407
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
(SPECIAL PROVISIONS)
31 of 1966
13 of 1994

cial traveller's licence
SCHEDULE -Foreign commercial traveller's licence
CHAPTER 407
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
(SPECIAL PROVISIONS)
31 of 1966
13 of 1994

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An Act to make special provision with respect to the licensing of commercial
travellers. [5th August, 1966]
1. This Act may be cited as the Commercial Travellers (Special Provisions) Act. Short title
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation
"specified country" means a State or territory to which the provisions of this Act are
applied under the provisions of section three. 3. The *(1)Minister may, by statutory order, apply the provisions of this Act to any
State or territory specified in the order. * Applied to Southern Rhodesia by S.I. No. 396 of 1966. Application of this Act
4. (1) Whenever the Minister has reason to believe that the holder of a commercial
traveller's licence is resident in a specified country, he shall cause notice to be given to
the holder that he proposes to cancel the licence unless, within such period as may be
specified in the notice, the holder shows to the satisfaction of the Minister that he is not
resident in a specified country. Cancellation of certain
commercial traveller's
licences under the
Trades Licensing Act
Cap.

e Minister that he is not
resident in a specified country. Cancellation of certain
commercial traveller's
licences under the
Trades Licensing Act
Cap.

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(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been properly given if-
(a) it is sent by registered post to the holder at the address shown on the
commercial traveller's licence to which the notice relates; or
(b) a copy of the notice is published in the Gazette. (3) If the holder of a commercial traveller's licence to whom a notice under
subsection (1) has been given fails, within the period specified in the notice, to show to the
satisfaction of the Minister that he is not resident in a specified country, the Minister shall,
by Gazette notice, cancel his licence and such licence shall thereupon be null and void. (4) The Minister shall cause to be paid to the holder of a commercial traveller's
licence which has been cancelled under the provisions of this section, a sum calculated by
multiplying the amount of the fee paid in respect of that licence by one-twelfth of the
number of completed months for which that licence would have continued to be valid, had
it not been cancelled. *Applied to Southern Rhodesia by S.I. No. 396 of 1966.

eted months for which that licence would have continued to be valid, had
it not been cancelled. *Applied to Southern Rhodesia by S.I. No. 396 of 1966.

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(5) For the purposes of this section, "commercial traveller's licence" means a
commercial traveller's licence granted or renewed under the provisions of the Trades
Licensing Act. 5. (1) No commercial traveller's licence shall be granted or renewed under the
provisions of the Trades Licensing Act to any individual person, firm or company, if that
person, firm or company is resident in a specified country. Restriction on grant or
renewal of commercial
traveller's licences
under the Trades
Licensing Act. Cap. 393
(2) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this section, the Licensing
Authority under the Trades Licensing Act shall, on application being made for the grant or
renewal of a commercial traveller's licence, require the applicant to satisfy him, by the
production of such evidence as he may require, that, if the licence is granted or renewed,
the holder of the licence will not be an individual person, firm or company resident in a
specified country. 6.

if the licence is granted or renewed,
the holder of the licence will not be an individual person, firm or company resident in a
specified country. 6.

(1) The Minister may, on application being made in such form as he may require,
and on payment of the fee prescribed by subsection (5), grant a licence, to be styled a
foreign commercial traveller's licence, to any individual person, firm or company resident
in a specified country. Issue of foreign
commercial traveller's
licence
(2) The grant or refusal of a licence under this section shall be at the absolute
discretion of the Minister, and the Minister may, on the grant of any such licence, attach
such terms and conditions thereto as he thinks fit. (3) In every licence granted under this section, there shall be specified-
(a) the name and address of the holder of the licence; and
(b) the period of the validity of the licence; and
(c) any terms and conditions attached to the licence;
and the licence shall be in the form prescribed in the Schedule. (4) A licence granted under this section shall, subject to the provisions of the
licence, authorise the carrying on of the business of a commercial traveller for the
purposes of the Trades Licensing Act to the same extent as is authorised by a commercial
traveller's licence granted under the provisions of that Act. Cap.

ses of the Trades Licensing Act to the same extent as is authorised by a commercial
traveller's licence granted under the provisions of that Act. Cap.

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(5) There shall be payable, for the benefit of the general revenues of the Republic, a
fee of fifteen thousand fee units in respect of every licence granted under this section. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994)

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d under this section. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994)

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Commercial Travellers (Special Provisions) Act

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