National Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
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The National Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 40 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the National Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the National Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2I nterpretation
- S. 3There shall be freedom of speech and debate in the Assembly. Such freedom Freedom of speech
- S. 4No civil or criminal proceedings may be instituted against any member for words Immunity from legal
- S. 5F reedom from arrest
- S. 6(1) No member or officer shall be required to serve as an assessor at any Exemption from
- S. 7P ower to exclude strangers
- S. 8(1) No member or officer and no person employed to take or transcribe minutes Evidence of
- S. 9Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no process issued by any court of Civil process not to be
- S. 10P ower to order attendance of witnesses
- S. 11A ttendance to be notified by summons
- S. 12W itnesses may be examined on oath
- S. 13(1) Where any person ordered to attend to give evidence or to produce any Objection to answer
- S. 14P rivileges of witnesses
- S. 15C ertificate issued to witnesses making full disclosure to be a bar to civil or
- S. 16F alse evidence
- S. 17I nterference with witnesses
- S. 18F alse documents
- S. 19C ontempt
- S. 20Q uestions relating to evidence and production of documents before the
- S. 21P enalty where not otherwise provided
- S. 22(1) Any person who offers to any member or officer or to any person who is an Corrupt or improper
- S. 23Any person shall be guilty of an offence who- Other offences against
- S. 24D isobedience
- S. 25O ther offences
- S. 26O fficers of the Assembly to have powers of police officer
- S. 27S anction of Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecutions
- S. 28P owers of the Assembly
- S. 29Section 29
- S. 30V otes and proceedings printed by order of the Assembly to be admitted as
- S. 31P rotection of persons responsible for publications authorised by the Assembly
- S. 32P ublication of proceedings without malice
- S. 33P owers to be supplementary to powers under the Constitution
- S. 34C ourts not to exercise jurisdiction in respect of acts of the Assembly, Speaker
- S. 35(1) For the purposes of this section "absent", in relation to the Speaker or the Absence of the
- S. ISection I
- S. IISection II
- S. IIISection III
- S. IVOFFENCES AND PENALTIESPART IV
- S. VMISCELLANEOUSPART V