The Judiciary Administration (Amendment) Act, 2018

An Act to amend the Judiciary Administrattion Act.
[11th April, 2018
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia.
1. This Act may be cited as the Judiciary Administration
(Amendment) Act, 2018 and shall be read as one with the Judiciary
Administration Act, 2016, in this Act referred to as the principal
Act.
2. The principal Act is amended by the deletion of section 13
and substitution therefor of the following:
13. (1) A judge of a superior court shall have a research
advocate, who is a practitioner.
(2) The Judicial Service Commission may appoint
research assistants for surbordinate courts with such
qualification as it may determine.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a person shall only be
appointed as a research assistant if the person is a holder of
a bachelor of laws degree from a recognised university.
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Enactment
Short title
Act No. 23
of 2016
Amendment
of Section 13
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 5 of 2018
Date of Assent: 9th April, 2018
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K 000 each.

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