Affiliation and Maintenance of Children Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Children’s Code Act, 2022 (No. 12 of 2022). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Affiliation and Maintenance of Children Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 50 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Affiliation and Maintenance of Children Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Affiliation and Maintenance of Children Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2I nterpretation
- S. 3The court may make an affiliation order on the application of a single woman- Application by single
- S. 4The court may, on the application of a single woman who has been delivered of Application by party to
- S. 5A pplication by child
- S. 6E vidence to be given and corroborated
- S. 7M aintenance of affiliated child
- S. 8(1) The court may on the application of either party to a marriage make a Maintenance of
- S. 9M aintenance of child on divorce, nullity or separation
- S. 10T ypes of maintenance orders
- S. 11M atters for consideration when making maintenance order
- S. 12D uration of maintenance order
- S. 13V ariation or discharge of maintenance order
- S. 14P ersons to whom payments to be made
- S. 15C ustody and access
- S. 16D eclaration of unfitness for custody
- S. 17I nterpretation of Part V
- S. 18R egistration of High Court orders
- S. 19R egistration of subordinate court orders
- S. 20E ffect of registration
- S. 21R egistration not to be duplicated
- S. 22E nforcement of registered order
- S. 23(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect with respect to the variation Variation of orders
- S. 24C ancellation of registration
- S. 25A ttachment of earnings orders
- S. 26O rders in proceedings under other Acts
- S. 27R estriction of issue of other process
- S. 28V ariation of order on application of party
- S. 29V ariation of order to correct excess of payments
- S. 30N otice to be given of variation
- S. 31D ischarge of order on cancellation of registration of related maintenance order
- S. 32O rder discharged in certain circumstances
- S. 33L iability under orders
- S. 34P owers of court to obtain statements of earnings etc.
- S. 35P owers of courts to determine whether payments are earnings
- S. 36M iscellaneous provisions as to payments
- S. 37E arnings paid by the Government
- S. 38O ffences
- S. 39S pecial provisions for subordinate courts
- S. 40R egulations and Rules
- S. 41E nglish Law to cease to apply
- S. 42T ransitional provision
- S. 43The Maintenance Orders Act and the Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) Act Certain laws of
- S. IPRELIMINARYPART I
- S. IIAFFILIATION ORDERSPART II
- S. IIIMAINTENANCE ORDERSPART III
- S. IVCUSTODY OF CHILDRENPART IV
- S. VREGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE ORDERSPART V
- S. VIATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS ORDERSPART VI
- S. VIIMISCELLANEOUSPART VII