The National Constitutional Conference (Amendment)

National Constitutional Conference [No. 5 of 2010 49
(Amendment)
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 5 of 2010
Date of Assent: 12th April, 2010
An Act to amend the National Constitutional Conference
Act, 2007. 116 th April, 2010
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. 1.This Act may be cited as the National Constitutional Conference
(Amendment) Act, 2010, and shall be read as one with the National
Constitutional Conference Act, 2007, in this Act referred to as the
principal Act. Section twenty-two of the principal Act is amended by the
deletion of subsection (5) and the substitution therefor of the
following subsection:
Enactment
Short title
Act No. 19
of 2007
Amendment
of section 22
(5) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
Conference shall, within twenty-one consecutive days of the
conclusion of the consideration of the reports of the
committees, prepare an initial report and on the basis of the
initial report, prepare an initial draft bill to alter the Constitution Cap. I
or part thereof.

ees, prepare an initial report and on the basis of the
initial report, prepare an initial draft bill to alter the Constitution Cap. I
or part thereof.

Section twenty-three of the principal Act is amended by the Amendment
deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the of section 23
following subsection:
(1) The Conference shall—
(a) publish the initial report and draft bill referred to
in subsection (5) of section twenty-two for the
information of the public in the manner specified
in section twenty for a period of forty
consecutive days, and within that period-
(i) ensure that the initial report and the
draft bill are made available to the
public; and
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30/36, 10100 Lusaka. Price K1,000

re made available to the
public; and
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30/36, 10100 Lusaka. Price K1,000

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(ii) facilitate public discussion and debate on
the content of the draft bill, and in
addition, invite and receive memoranda
on the same; and
(b) after the public discussion and debate, and upon
receipt of memoranda under subparagraph (ii)
of paragraph (a), incorporate into the final
report and draft bill, within thirty consecutive
days of receiving such memoranda, any of the
public's views which the members may consider
appropriate. Re eat and 4. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section twenty-
`Oise% on 24 four and the substitution therefor of the following new section:
Adoption of 24. Subject to subsection (1) of section twenty-three, the
report and Conference shall, within fourteen days after the period referreddraft bill to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section twenty-three,
adopt the final report and draft bill to alter the Constitution or
part thereof
5. Section twenty-five of the principal Act is amended in
subsection (1) by the insertion of the words "within seven days of
the adoption of the bill under section twenty-four after the words
"the Chairperson shall ". Amendment of 6.

ertion of the words "within seven days of
the adoption of the bill under section twenty-four after the words
"the Chairperson shall ". Amendment of 6.

Section thirty-two of the principal Act is amended—
section 32 (a) by the deletion of subsections (1) and (2) and the
substitution therefor of the following new subsections:
(1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Act and subject to subsection (3) and (4), the
Conference shall stand dissolved on 31 st August, 2010,
and the term of office of the members shall thereupon
expire. (2)Notwithstanding the dissolution of the
Conference under this section, the Secretariat of the
Conference shall remain in office for a period of three
months to wind up the affairs of the Conference.;
and
(b) by the deletion of subsection (5). 7. The principal Act is amended by the insertion immediately after
section thirty-three of the following new section:
34. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall stand
repealed on 31st August, 2010. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (I), where the Conference
is dissolved under subsection (3) or (4) of section thirty-two,
this Act shall stand repealed on the date of the dissolution of
the Conference. Amendment
of section 25
Insertion of
new
section 34
Repeal
of Act