Customary law is followed when it is not incompatible with other legislation. The judiciary remains formally independent. The president appoints the chief justice and, on the advice of the Judicial Services Commission, also appoints other judges; however, the constitution severely restricts the ...
note:Zanzibar elects a president as head of government for internal matters; election held on 25 October 2015 was annulled by the Zanzibar Electoral Commission and rerun on 20 March 2016; President Ali Mohamed SHEIN reelected; percent of vote - Ali Mohamed SHEIN (CCM) 91.4%, Hamad Rashid MOH...
The primary law governing the mining sector in Zambia is the Mines and Minerals Development Act, No. 11 of 2015 of the Laws of Zambia (MMDA) as read together with the Mines and Minerals Development (Amendment) Act, No. 14 of 2016 and the Mines and Minerals Development (Amendment) Act, ...
One of the criticisms has been the constitutionality of section 25(1) of the Electoral Act, funding of the ECZ and the appointment of the members of the ECZ by the president when he himself is a political player. These are the grounds upon which stakeholders have argued that the ECZ is...
(Pakistan) Limited having its registered office at PO Box 5556, I.I Chundrigar Road Karachi, which is a banking company registered with State Bank of Pakistan under Banking Companies Ordinance 1962 and is also having licensed issued by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan for Security ...
The National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC) Act is the principal law, which is applicable in the field of heritage protection and conservation in Zambia. This also involves declaring sites of nationally geological importance, rock art sites and caves of archaeological significance amongst many ...
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the US law that allows tariff-free entry into the American market for up to 6,500 products from 39 sub-Saharan African countries, is to hold its 10th Forum next month [June] in Lusaka, Zambia. More than 2,000 delegates from the US and ...
Revista de Direito Sanitário, São Paulo – Journal of Health Law, July 2011. Article online. [adolescents] United Nations Commission on Population and Development, Draft Resolution on “Adolescents and Youth”, April 27, 2012. Draft Resolution, online here, includes: the ICPD list of ...
The commission established that the level of intolerance between the ruling PF and the opposition UPND had grown exponentially. “Pre-electoral violence influenced the 2016 voting pattern because the top two political parties, PF and the United Party for National Development (UPND), employed violence...
Companies are required to have at least two shareholders. There is no residency requirement for shareholders, but by law at least half of the board of directors must be resident in Zambia. Foreign local branch or subsidiary The Companies Act provides that a foreign company may register a branch...