Zambia Correctional Service Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament2021
The Zambia Correctional Service Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2021. It contains 143 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Zambia Correctional Service Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Zambia Correctional Service Act
- S. 1This Act may be cited as the Zambia Correctional Service Short title
- S. 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation
- S. 3The purposes of a sentence of imprisonment or similar
- S. 4Guiding principles
- S. 5Functions of Service
- S. 6Commissioner-General, Deputy Commissioner-General and Commissioner
- S. 7Appointment of correctional officer
- S. 8Officer-in-charge
- S. 9Correctional centre where officer-in-charge is not appointed
- S. 10Declaration of prison or correctional centre
- S. 11Temporary prison or correctional centre
- S. 12Deployment of correctional officers to prison or correctional centre
- S. 13Director Correctional Health Services
- S. 14Appointment of health practitioner
- S. 15Medical inspection
- S. 16Observation of inmate charged with capital offence
- S. 17Examination of inmate in separate confinement or in health facility
- S. 18Powers of the officer-in-charge to order examination of inmate
- S. 19Death of inmate
- S. 20Notification of death of an inmate
- S. 21Functions of correctional officer
- S. 22Correctional officer to exercise same powers of police officer
- S. 23Power to examine person or vehicle
- S. 24Punishment by correctional officer
- S. 25Use of weapon by correctional officer
- S. 26Power to arrest
- S. 27Power to take photographs, fingerprints, etc, of inmate
- S. 28Non-liability for act done under authority of warrant
- S. 29Admission of inmates
- S. 30Admission of expectant mother and circumstantial child
- S. 31Particulars of inmate to be recorded
- S. 32Provision of information to inmate
- S. 33Access to legal aid
- S. 34Search of inmate
- S. 35Custody and disposal of money and other effects of inmate
- S. 36Separation of inmates
- S. 37Custody of inmates
- S. 38Removal of remand inmate by probation officer
- S. 39Where the attendance before a court of an inmate is
- S. 40Inmate under police escort
- S. 41Statement to police officer
- S. 42Release of inmate for investigation
- S. 43Removal of inmate from one correctional centre to another
- S. 44Mechanical restraint of inmate
- S. 45Mental health status of inmate
- S. 46Removal of sick inmate to health facility
- S. 47Removal of inmate to quarantine centre
- S. 48Liability for escape from health facility, designated health facility or
- S. 49Serving sentence in health facility, designated health facility or quarantine
- S. 50Rehabilitation, reintegration and employment of inmate
- S. 51General requirement of work
- S. 52Work programmes and requirement to work
- S. 53Penalty for introduction or removal of prohibited articles into and from
- S. 54Power of arrest
- S. 55Unauthorised communication
- S. 56Removal of person loitering
- S. 57A person who commits an offence under section 56, may
- S. 58Unlawful possession of articles supplied to correctional officer
- S. 59Assisting inmate to escape
- S. 60Harbouring inmate
- S. 61Offences in connection with uniform and decoration
- S. 62Notice to be displayed stating offence
- S. 63Maintenance of unconvicted inmate from private source
- S. 64Food, etc., not to be transferred to other inmate
- S. 65Food, clothing and equipment for unconvicted inmate
- S. 66Minor offence
- S. 67Punishment of minor offence by officer-in-charge
- S. 68Major offence
- S. 69Separation of inmate charged with offence
- S. 70Hearing of major offences
- S. 71Punishment imposed by court
- S. 72Confinement in separate cell
- S. 73Period of confinement in separate cell
- S. 74Punishment in different prison or correctional centre
- S. 75Remission of part of sentence of inmate
- S. 76Officer-in-charge to be responsible for discharge of inmate
- S. 77Discharge of terminally ill inmate
- S. 78Day of discharge or release of inmate
- S. 79An inmate who is discharged or released from a prison or Travelling
- S. 80Continuation of Parole Board
- S. 81Functions of Parole Board
- S. 82Provincial and District Parole Board
- S. 83Eligibility
- S. 84Release on licence of inmate serving life imprisonment
- S. 85Extension services and orders
- S. 86Eligibility for extension services
- S. 87Aftercare order
- S. 88Failure to comply with aftercare order and commission of further offence
- S. 89Report on long term inmate
- S. 90Confinement of inmate sentenced to death
- S. 91Access to inmate sentenced to death
- S. 92Attendance at execution by official
- S. 93Judge’s visit to prison or correctional centre
- S. 94Visiting justice
- S. 95Record book of visiting justice
- S. 96Appointment of inspector
- S. 97Functions of inspector
- S. 98Record book of inspector
- S. 99Minister of religion visit to prison or correctional centre
- S. 100Probation officer and representative of non-governmental organisation
- S. 101Mutiny or sedition
- S. 102Absence from duty and desertion by correctional officer
- S. 103Inciting correctional officer to desert
- S. 104Other offences by correctional officer
- S. 105Correctional officer not to engage in illegal dealings with inmate
- S. 106(1) The Commission shall discipline a correctional officer
- S. 107Correctional officer not to be member of trade union
- S. 108Submission of list of detained persons to High Court
- S. 109Reward for apprehension of escaped inmate
- S. 110Rewards
- S. 111Commutation of death sentence to sentence of imprisonment
- S. 112Detention of inmate from another country
- S. 113Removal of inmate to another country
- S. 114Grant of permission to be absent from a prison or correctional centre
- S. 115Record of correctional officer
- S. 116Witness’ expense
- S. 117Power to prosecute under other laws not affected
- S. 118Committee of inquiry
- S. 119Arms and accoutrements to be delivered on ceasing to belong to service
- S. 120General penalty
- S. 121Regulations
- S. 122Repeal of Cap. 97.
- S. 123Savings and transitional provisions
- S. in the proceedings.
- S. IPRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- S. IIADMINISTRATION OF SERVICE
- S. IIIDECLARATION AND CONTROL OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
- S. IVCORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
- S. IXESCAPES, PROHIBITED ARTICLES AND AREAS
- S. VFUNCTIONS, POWERS AND PRIVILEGES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
- S. VIADMISSION AND CONTROL OF INMATES
- S. VIICLASSIFICATION, CUSTODY AND REMOVAL OF INMATES
- S. VIIIREHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES
- S. XCIVIL AND UNCONVICTED INMATES
- S. XIDISCIPLINE OF INMATES
- S. XIIREMISSION OF SENTENCE
- S. XIIIDISCHARGE AND PAROLE
- S. XIVEXTENSION SERVICES AND AFTERCARE ORDERS
- S. XIXGENERAL PROVISIONS
- S. XVREPORT ON LONG TERM INMATES
- S. XVIINMATE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH
- S. XVIIVISITING JUSTICE, INSPECTOR, MINISTER OF RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY
- S. XVIIIGENERAL OFFENCES