Zambia Wildlife (No. 14 of 2015)
ZambiaAct of Parliament2015No. No. 14 of 2015
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The Zambia Wildlife (No. 14 of 2015) is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2015. It contains 159 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Zambia Wildlife (No. 14 of 2015) and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Zambia Wildlife (No. 14 of 2015)
- S. 1Short title and commencement
- S. 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
- S. 3(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the absolute
- S. 4Principles of wildlife conservation and management
- S. 5Establishment of Department
- S. 6Director, Deputy Directors and delegation of functions
- S. 7(1) There is established the Wildlife Management Licensing
- S. 8(1) The Public Service Commission shall appoint as public
- S. 9(1) The Minister may, in consultation with the Director, by Honorary
- S. 10(1) The Minister shall ensure cooperation with other International
- S. 11Whenever the President considers that the conservation
- S. 12(1) The Minister may, on the application of a local
- S. 13(1) Where a person has any right in or over any land which
- S. 14The Minister may, by statutory instrument, after consultation
- S. 15(1) A person shall not acquire a certificate of title in respect
- S. 16(1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Act shall be
- S. 17(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, on the Traffic on
- S. 18(1) A person who, except in accordance with this Act, enters
- S. 19(1) A person commits an offence who, without a hunting Prohibition
- S. 20(1) A person commits an offence who, without a permit Prohibition
- S. 21(1) A person commits an offence who, without the written
- S. 22(1) A person commits an offence who, being the owner of
- S. 23(1) A person who, without the written consent of the Prohibition
- S. 25Prohibition of damage or removal of object of geological
- S. 26Prohibition of killing, injuring or capturing of wild animal or
- S. 27Regulations relating to National Parks, Community
- S. 28Declaration of Game Management Areas
- S. 29Settlement in Game Management Areas
- S. 30Restriction on exercise of mining rights within Game
- S. 32(1) A local community along geographic boundaries
- S. 33(1) The functions of a board are to promote and develop
- S. 34(1) There shall be a secretariat for each board which shall
- S. 35(1) A board shall establish a fund to enhance the economic
- S. 36Game and protected animals
- S. 37Restriction on hunting game or protected animals
- S. 38Wildlife impact assessment
- S. 39(1) The following classes of licences shall be issued under
- S. 40(1) The Committee may, upon application made by a person Hunting
- S. 41(1) The Committee may, upon application made by a person
- S. 42(1) The Committee may, upon application made by a person
- S. 43Capture permit
- S. 44Fishing permit
- S. 45Professional guide’s permit
- S. 46Photographic tour operator’s permit
- S. 47Commercial photographic permit
- S. 48Hunting concession
- S. 49Refusal to issue licence or permit
- S. 50Display of licence or permit
- S. 51Prohibition of transfer of licence or permit
- S. 52Amendment or variation of licence or permit
- S. 53Surrender of licence or permit
- S. 54(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Committee may suspend Suspension
- S. 55(1) A licensee or permit holder may, sixty days prior to the
- S. 56(1) A person who loses a licence or permit or whose licence
- S. 57(1) Subject to this Act, the Department shall operate a single
- S. 58(1) A licensee and permit holder shall— Duties of
- S. 59(1) A holder of a professional hunter’s licence issued under
- S. 60(1) For the purpose of—
- S. 61(1) Subject to section forty, a person who is not a holder of Limitations
- S. 62(1) A person who employs, causes or induces another Prohibition
- S. 63(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a person
- S. 64(1) A person who, without the written consent of the owner
- S. 65(1) Except as may be authorised under a capture permit Prohibition
- S. 66(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), a person commits Restrictions
- S. 67(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), a person who,
- S. 71(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, on the advice Control of
- S. 72(1) A person who drives a game animal or protected animal,
- S. 73(1) Except with the written permission of the Committee,
- S. 74(1) Except with the written permission of the Committee,
- S. 75(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, Self-defence
- S. 76(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Defence of
- S. 77(1) A person who kills a game animal or protected animal
- S. 78(1) A person who, in any circumstances, wounds a
- S. 79(1) A person who, in any circumstances, wounds a Wounding of
- S. 80A person who, in any circumstances, causes unnecessary Cruelty to
- S. 81(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who, without the Possession
- S. 82Except as provided for by, or for the purposes of, sections Molesting or
- S. 83(1) A person who, in the course of trade, buys, sells or Prohibited
- S. 84(1) The Committee may, upon application to the Committee Trophy
- S. 85(1) A trophy dealer shall keep and maintain such records,
- S. 86(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may, on the
- S. 87(1) The Committee may, upon application by a person and
- S. 88(1) A person who intends to import or export a trophy or Importation
- S. 89(1) A person who transfers, or purports to transfer, the Transfer of
- S. 90(1) A person who, except as provided under section
- S. 91(1) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (1) Production
- S. 92(1) If, after such inquiry as the wildlife police officer may Registration
- S. 93A person who, by way of gift, sale, purchase or otherwise,
- S. 94(1) The provisions of section eighty-nine shall apply to a
- S. 95A trophy to which absolute ownership has not passed to
- S. 96(1) A person who obtains possession of a Government
- S. 97(1) A person who unlawfully possesses or who purports
- S. 98Except with the written permission of the Director or as Prohibited
- S. 99(1) The Director may, in the prescribed form, issue to a Certificate of
- S. 100Regulation of trade or movement of meat of game or
- S. 101Sale of game animal or protected animal or meat of game
- S. 102Prohibition of importation of wild animals or meat of wild
- S. 103Prohibition of exportation of wild animals or meat of wild
- S. 104Application for import or export permit
- S. 105Restriction on import or export of wild animals or meat of
- S. 106Certificates of ownership of imported wild animal
- S. 107Wild animals, meat and trophies in transit
- S. 108Implementation of international treaties
- S. 109Establishment of Fund
- S. 110Administration of Fund and accounts
- S. 111Annual report and statement of income and expenditure
- S. 112Powers of authorised officers
- S. 113Power to carry out tests and take statistics
- S. 114Arrest without warrant
- S. 115Power to take photographs, measurements, finger prints,
- S. 116Search with warrant
- S. 117Obstruction of authorised officer
- S. 118Demanding production of licence, permit, certificate or
- S. 119Prosecution by officers
- S. 120Seizure of property
- S. 121Forfeiture and restoration of property
- S. 122Traffic barriers and cordons
- S. 123Use of firearms
- S. 124Compliance with Firearms Act
- S. 125Immunity of authorised officers
- S. 126Prohibition of bush or grass fires in National Parks, Game
- S. 127Hunting or dealing with elephant or rhinoceros
- S. 128Penalty for unlawful hunting in National Park, Community
- S. 129Illegal possession, purchase or sale of meat of wild animal
- S. 130Illegal possession, purchase or sale of protected animal,
- S. 131Malicious damage to infrastructure in public wildlife estate
- S. 132Unauthorised possession or use of uniform or identity of
- S. 133Failure to keep registers or furnish returns
- S. 134Alteration, defacement or removal of documents
- S. 135Disclosure of confidential information
- S. 136General penalty
- S. 137Payment of fine without appearing in court
- S. 138Additional powers of court
- S. 139Destruction of game pits, etc., on conviction
- S. 140Forfeiture of property on conviction
- S. 141Disposal of animals and goods seized
- S. 142Portion of fine payable to board
- S. 143Civil remedy reserved
- S. 144Evidence
- S. 145Exhibits
- S. 146Appeals
- S. 147Regulations
- S. 148Repeal of Zambia Wildlife Act, 1998
- S. 149Savings and transitional provisions
- S. IPRELIMINARY
- S. IITHE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
- S. IIITHE NATIONAL PARKS, COMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PARKS AND BIRD AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
- S. IVGAME MANAGEMENT AREAS
- S. IXKILLING, WOUNDING OR MOLESTING ANIMALS
- S. VCOMMUNITY RESOURCES BOARDS
- S. VIGAME ANIMALS AND PROTECTED ANIMALS
- S. VIILICENCES AND PERMITS
- S. VIIIHUNTING OF WILD ANIMALS
- S. XTROPHIES
- S. XITRADE IN WILD ANIMALS AND MEAT OF WILD ANIMALS
- S. XIITHE WILDLIFE DEVELOPMENT FUND
- S. XIIIENFORCEMENT
- S. XIVOFFENCES AND PENALTIES
- S. XVGENERAL PROVISIONS