Agricultural Credits and Warehouse Receipts Act, 2026 (No. 7 of 2026)
ZambiaAct of Parliament2026No. No. 7 of 2026
Passed, but not shown to be in force. It starts on a date the Minister sets by statutory instrument, and no commencement order is recorded here. Until it starts, Agricultural Credits Act, 2010 (No. 35 of 2010) still applies. Check the Gazette before relying on it.
The Agricultural Credits and Warehouse Receipts Act, 2026 (No. 7 of 2026) is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2026. It contains 94 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Agricultural Credits and Warehouse Receipts Act, 2026 (No. 7 of 2026) and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Agricultural Credits and Warehouse Receipts Act, 2026 (No. 7 of 2026)
- S. 1Short title and commencement
- S. 2Interpretation
- S. 3Continuation of Warehouse Licensing Authority
- S. 4Functions of Authority
- S. 5Board of Authority
- S. 6Functions of Board
- S. 7Director, Registrar, Secretary and other staff
- S. 8Prohibition of operating warehouse that issues warehouse
- S. 9Application for licence to operate warehouse
- S. 10Financial security for licence
- S. 11Insurance relating to warehouse licence
- S. 12Validity of licence
- S. 13Display of licence
- S. 14Variation of terms and conditions of licence
- S. 15Renewal of licence
- S. 16Transfer of licence
- S. 17Surrender of licence
- S. 18Suspension or cancellation of licence
- S. 19Re-registration
- S. 20Duplicate licence
- S. 21Electronic Warehouse Receipt System
- S. 22Deposit of agricultural commodities for storage
- S. 23Deposit of agricultural commodities for purposes other than storage
- S. 24Issuance and lodgement of warehouse receipts
- S. 25Negotiable and non-negotiable warehouse receipts
- S. 26Negotiating negotiable warehouse receipt
- S. 27Rights acquired after negotiation of negotiable warehouse receipt
- S. 28Transfer of negotiable warehouse receipt without negotiation
- S. 29Rights of transferee of negotiable warehouse receipt
- S. 30Alteration of warehouse receipt
- S. 31Rights of purchaser of altered warehouse receipt against warehouse
- S. 32Lost, stolen or destroyed warehouse receipt
- S. 33Duplicate warehouse receipt
- S. 34Right of warehouse operator to sell or pledge warehouse receipt
- S. 35Warehouse operator’s right to lien
- S. 36Enforcement of lien
- S. 37Lien on perishable and hazardous agricultural commodities
- S. 38Warehouse operator’s lien not to preclude other remedies
- S. 39Loss of lien
- S. 40Obligation of warehouse operator to deliver agricultural commodities
- S. 41Liability for damages caused by warehouse operator’s failure to deliver
- S. 42Liability for delivery to person not entitled to delivery
- S. 43Ascertaining valid titles to agricultural commodities
- S. 44Liability for failure to cancel or mark warehouse receipt after delivery
- S. 45Warehouse operator’s duty of care
- S. 46Duty to keep agricultural commodities separately
- S. 47Commingling of fungible agricultural commodities
- S. 48Termination of storage at warehouse operator’s option
- S. 49Entry into contract for advance
- S. 50Lodgement of contract for advance
- S. 51Effects of contract of advance
- S. 52Rights and obligations of lender
- S. 53Duties of warehouse operator in relation to contract of advance
- S. 54Discharge of security
- S. 55Lodgement of disclosure schedule
- S. 56Application to correct material error in disclosure schedule
- S. 57Types of agricultural charges
- S. 58Agricultural charges on farming stock and assets
- S. 59Registration of agricultural charge
- S. 60Effect of fixed agricultural charge
- S. 61Sale of property subject to agricultural charge
- S. 62Effect of floating agricultural charge
- S. 63Notice of agricultural charge
- S. 64Restriction on publication of agricultural charges
- S. 65Fraud
- S. 66Supplementary provisions in respect of agricultural charges
- S. 67Inspectors
- S. 68Honorary inspector
- S. 69Powers of inspector
- S. 70Compliance order
- S. 71Closure of warehouse
- S. 72Dispute resolution
- S. 73Registers
- S. 74Publication of copies of register
- S. 75Disclosure protection
- S. 76Appeals
- S. 77Immunity from execution of judgment against Authority’s assets
- S. 78General offences
- S. 79General penalty
- S. 80Administrative penalty
- S. 81Offence by principal officers of body corporate or unincorporated body
- S. 82Prohibition of publication or disclosure of information to unauthorised person
- S. 83Guidelines
- S. 84Regulations
- S. 85Section 85
- S. IPRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- S. IITHE WAREHOUSE LICENSING AUTHORITY
- S. IIILICENSING OF WAREHOUSES
- S. IVELECTRONIC WAREHOUSE RECEIPT SYSTEM AND WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
- S. IXGENERAL PROVISIONS
- S. VRIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF WAREHOUSE OPERATORS
- S. VICONTRACTS FOR ADVANCE
- S. VIIAGRICULTURAL CHARGES
- S. VIIIENFORCEMENT