Fees and Fines Act

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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
THE FEES AND FINES ACT
CHAPTER 45 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA
CHAPTER 45 FEES AND FINES
FEES AND FINES
CHAPTER 45
An act to provide for the amounts of fees and fines to be expressed in terms of the
fee units and penalty units; to provide for the amounts of existing fees and
fines to be converted into fee units and penalty units; and to provide for
matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
[3rd June, 1994]
13 of 1994
6 of 1996
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Fees and Fines Act. Short title and
commencement
(2) This Act shall be deemed to have commenced on the 29th January, 1994.

his Act may be cited as the Fees and Fines Act. Short title and
commencement
(2) This Act shall be deemed to have commenced on the 29th January, 1994.

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2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"fee" includes tax, levy, charge and any other impost, whether or not a service is
provided in exchange for the payment thereof;
"fine" means any pecuniary penalty that may be imposed by a court for an offence. Interpretation
(2) For the purposes of the application of this Act to other Acts-
(a) a reference in any other Act to a number of ngwee shall be read as a
reference to the appropriate fraction of a kwacha; and
(b) a reference to another Act does not include a reference to any statutory
instrument made under that Act. PART II
F EES AND F EE UNITS
3. In any written law, unless the context otherwise requires, "fee unit" means one
hundred and eighty kwacha. Fee units
4.

ART II
F EES AND F EE UNITS
3. In any written law, unless the context otherwise requires, "fee unit" means one
hundred and eighty kwacha. Fee units
4.

Where a provision in any Act imposes a fee and the fee is expressed as-
(a) a specified number of kwacha; or
(b) a rate whereby a specified number of kwacha is payable for a specified
quantity of any thing, or a specified period of time;
the provision shall be read as if the fee were expressed instead as-
Fees expressed in
kwacha amounts are
to be converted to fees
expressed in fees
units
(i) the number of fee units calculated in accordance with section five; or
(ii) a rate whereby the number of fee units calculated in accordance
with section five is payable for the specified quantity, or specified
period of time;
as the case may require. 5. (1) The number of fee units that corresponds, for the purposes of section four, to
the amount in kwacha of a fee shall be calculated as follows:
Method of conversion
(a) the number of kwacha shall be multiplied by the appropriate multiplier;
(b) the result shall be divided by one hundred;

lows:
Method of conversion
(a) the number of kwacha shall be multiplied by the appropriate multiplier;
(b) the result shall be divided by one hundred;

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(c) the required number of fee units shall be-
(i) the quotient obtained under paragraph (b), if it is a whole number; or
(ii) the next highest whole number, if that quotient is not a whole
number. (2) In this section, "appropriate multiplier", in relation to the amount of a fee
prescribed by an Act, means the number specified in the Schedule that corresponds to-
(a) the year in which the fee was last varied by amendment of the provision
concerned; or
(b) if it has never been so varied, the year in which that provision came into
force. PART III
F INES AND PENALTY UNITS
6. In any written law, unless the context otherwise requires, "penalty unit" means
one hundred and eighty kwacha. Penalty units
7.

S AND PENALTY UNITS
6. In any written law, unless the context otherwise requires, "penalty unit" means
one hundred and eighty kwacha. Penalty units
7.

Where any Act provides that a fine may be imposed for an offence and the
amount of the fine, or the maximum amount of the fine, that may be so imposed is
expressed as-
(a) a specified number of kwacha; or
(b) a rate whereby a specified number of kwacha is payable in respect of a
specified quantity of any thing, or in respect of a specified period of time;
the provision shall be read as if the amount, or maximum amount, of the fine were
expressed instead as-
Fines expressed in
kwacha amounts are
to be converted to
fines expressed in
penalty units
(i) the number of penalty units calculated in accordance with section
eight; or
(ii) a rate whereby the number of penalty units calculated in accordance
with section eight is payable in respect of the specified quantity, or
specified period of time;
as the case may require.

its calculated in accordance
with section eight is payable in respect of the specified quantity, or
specified period of time;
as the case may require.

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8. (1) The number of penalty units that corresponds, for the purposes of section
seven, to the amount in kwacha of a fine shall be calculated as follows:
Method of conversion
(a) the number of kwacha shall be multiplied by the appropriate multiplier;
(b) the result shall be divided by one hundred;
(c) the required number of penalty units shall be-
(i) the quotient obtained under paragraph (b), if it is a whole number; or
(ii) the next highest whole number, if that quotient is not a whole
number.
(2) In this section, "appropriate multiplier", in relation to a fine imposed by a
provision of any Act, means the number specified in the Schedule that corresponds to-
(a) the year in which the fine was last varied by amendment; or
(b) if it has never been so varied, the year in which that provision came into
force.
SCHEDULE
(Sections5 and 8)
MULTIPLIERS FOR FEES AND FINES IN ACTS
Year in which fee or fine was last varied Multiplier
1970 or earlier 1500
1971-1975 1000
1976-1980 500
1981-1985 250
1986 125
1987 75
1988 50
1989 25
1990 15
1991 8
1992 4
1993 2
1994 1