The High Court (Amendment)

An Act to amend the High Court Act. [7th June, 2016
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. 1. This Act may be cited as the High Court (Amendment)
Act, 2016, and shall be read as one with the High Court Act, in this
Act referred to as the principal Act. 2. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section three
and the substitution therefor of the following:
3. (1) The Court consists of the following divisions:
(a) the Industrial Relations Court;
(b) the Commercial Court;
(c) the Family Court;
(d) the Children’s Court; and
(e) such other specialised court as the Chief Justice
may prescribe by statutory instrument. (2) The Court shall be deemed to be duly constituted
during, and despite, a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice
or puisne judge. (3) Subject to this Act and any other written law, the
Chief Justice may, by statutory instrument, specify the
categories of matters over which a division of the Court has
jurisdiction. (4) The Chief Justice may give practice directions to a
division of the Court. Enactment
Cap. 27
Short title
Repeal and
replacement
of section 3
Divisions of
Court
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GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No.

ent
Cap. 27
Short title
Repeal and
replacement
of section 3
Divisions of
Court
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GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No.

21 of 2016
Date of Assent: 6th June, 2016
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K4.00 each.

Amendment
of section 6
3. Section six of the principal Act is amended by the deletion
of—
(a) subsection (2) and the substitution therefor of the following:
(2) The Judicial Service Commission shall
appoint such other officers of the Court as may be
necessary.; and
(b) subsection (3).
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