Referendum

An Act to amend the Referendum Act
[14th August, 2015
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. 1. This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Amendment)
Act, 2015, and shall be read as one with the Referendum Act, in
this Act referred to as the principal Act. 2. The principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following
new section:
1A. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
“ Commission ” means the Electoral Commission
established by the Constitution;
“Director” means the Director appointed under the
Electoral Commission Act; and
“referendum officer” means a person appointed by
the Commission to be—
(a) a district referendum officer;
(b) a returning officer;
(c) a presiding officer;
(d) a polling assistant; or
(e) a counting assistant;
and includes a person appointed by a
referendum officer under subsection (2) of
section eight or the Director where functions
are conferred on the Director under this Act, in
respect of a refereundum. Enactment
Short title
Cap. 14
Cap. 1
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 5 of 2015
Date of Assent: 14th August, 2015
Referendum (Amendment) [No. 5 of 2015 141
Insertion of
new section
1A
Interepreta-
tion
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AMBIA
ACT
No. 5 of 2015
Date of Assent: 14th August, 2015
Referendum (Amendment) [No. 5 of 2015 141
Insertion of
new section
1A
Interepreta-
tion
Cap.

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142 No. 5 of 2015] Referendum (Amendment)
3. Section three of the principal Act is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of the word “All” and
the substitution therefor of the words “Subject to
subsection (2), all”;
(b) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (1), of the
following new subsection:
(2) Any question put to a referendum under
Article 79 of the Constitution shall be voted on
by not less than fifty percent of persons entitled
to be registered as voters for the purposes of
Presidential and Parliamentary elections.; and
(c) by the consequential renumbering of subsections (2) and
(3) as (3) and (4), respectively. 4. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section four
and the substitution therefor of the following:
4. The Commission shall be responsible for the
administration of this Act and for supervising a referendum
held pursuant to section two. 5. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section five. 6. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section six
and the substitution therefor of the following:
6. Section eight of the Electoral Commision Act applies to
the Commission. 7.

he repeal of section six
and the substitution therefor of the following:
6. Section eight of the Electoral Commision Act applies to
the Commission. 7.

Section eight of the principal Act is amended by the deletion
of subsection (6). 8. The principal Act is amended by the deletion of the words
“Director of Elections” wherever they appear and the substitution
therefor of the word “Director”
Amendment
of section 3
General
amendment
Repeal and
replacement
of section 4
Repeal of
section 5
Administra-
tion of Act
and
supervision
of
referendum
Repeal and
replacement
of section 6
Procedure of
Commission
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Amendment
of section 8