Commission for Investigations Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Public Protector (No. 15 of 2016). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Commission for Investigations Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 32 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Commission for Investigations Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Commission for Investigations Act
- S. 1This Act may be cited as the Commission for Investigations Act. Short title
- S. 2I nterpretation
- S. 3A pplication
- S. 4T he Commission
- S. 5C ommissioners
- S. 6The Commission shall employ a secretary and such other members of the staff Secretary staff
- S. 7(1) Every Member shall, on appointment, take an oath in the form set out in Part Oaths on appointment
- S. 8The Commission shall have jurisdiction to inquire into the conduct of any person Jurisdiction
- S. 9P rovisions relating to complaints and allegations
- S. 10N o inquiry in certain cases
- S. 11C ommission to act notwithstanding finality, etc.
- S. 12O rders by Commission
- S. 13P ower to summon witnesses
- S. 14Subject as hereinafter provided, the Commission may, for the purposes of an Productions of
- S. 15P ower to enter premises
- S. 16I nquiries to be in camera
- S. 17(1) The procedure for conducting an investigation shall be such as the Evidence and
- S. 18A person summoned as a witness under this Act may, on the order of the Witness allowance
- S. 19O ffenses relating to witnesses, etc.
- S. 20S ubmission of reports to President and National Assembly
- S. 21E nforcement and notification of result
- S. 22R eports to Parliament
- S. 23No investigation, proceeding, process or report of the Commission shall be Finality of
- S. 24(1) No proceedings, civil, or criminal, shall lie against any member or member Immunity of members
- S. 25The Commission may, by statutory instrument, make rules prescribing anything Rules
- S. 26Obsolete.
- S. IPRELIMINARY
- S. IIESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION AND APPOINTMENTS
- S. IIIPOWERS AND PROCEDURE
- S. IVRREPORTS AND ENFORCEMENT
- S. VIMMUNITIES OF THE COMMISSION
- S. VIRULES AND TRANSITIONAL