National Assembly Staff Act

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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFF ACT
CHAPTER 257 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA
CHAPTER 257 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFF ACT
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFF ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
3. Clerk of the National Assembly
4. Officers of National Assembly
5. Appointments
6. Status of persons in current service
7. Orders by Speaker
CHAPTER 257
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFF ACT Act 25 of 1991
An Act to provide for the establishment of the office of the Clerk of the National
Assembly; to provide for such other officers in the department of the Clerk of
the National Assembly; and to provide for matters connected with or
incidental to the foregoing.
[20th December, 1991]

the department of the Clerk of
the National Assembly; and to provide for matters connected with or
incidental to the foregoing.
[20th December, 1991]

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1. This Act may be cited as the National Assembly Staff Act. Short Title
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation
"Clerk" means the person appointed Clerk of the National Assembly under section
three. "officer" means a person who holds or acts in any office in the department of the
Clerk. "Speaker" means the person appointed Speaker of the National Assembly under
the Constitution. 3. (1) There shall be a Clerk of the National Assembly who shall be appointed by
the President:
Clerk of the National
Assembly
Provided that no person shall be appointed Clerk unless a proposal for the
appointment of that person has been submitted to the Assembly and the Assembly has
resolved that he should be so appointed. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Clerk shall vacate his office when he attains the
age of fifty-five years. (3) The Clerk may be removed from office by resolution of the Assembly for inability
to discharge the functions of his office, whether arising from infirmity of his body or mind,
or for misbehaviour but shall not be otherwise removed. 4.

discharge the functions of his office, whether arising from infirmity of his body or mind,
or for misbehaviour but shall not be otherwise removed. 4.

There shall be such other officers in the department of the Clerk as may be
prescribed by a resolution of the National Assembly. Officers of National
Assembly
5. Power to appoint persons to hold or to act in any office in the department of the
Clerk, other than the Office of the Clerk, and to exercise disciplinary control over persons
holding or acting in such offices and to remove such persons from office, shall vest in the
Speaker. Appointments
6. Any person appointed by virtue of the powers conferred by the Constitution of
Zambia, 1973 or by any other law who is holding the office of Clerk of the National
Assembly or is holding or acting in any office in the department of the Clerk shall continue
in office as if the appointment was made under this Act. Status of persons in
current service

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7. The Speaker may, with the approval of the National Assembly, make such
orders prescribing the general conditions of service for, and the conduct of, officers under
this Act.
Orders by Speaker