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No. 1 of 2016]
Constitution of Zambia
Amendment
of
Constitution
of Zambia
Act, 1991,
and Schedule
thereto
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3. Except as provided under this Act, the Constitution of
Zambia Act, 1991, and the Constitution in the Schedule to that Act
are amended in so far as they form part of the laws of Zambia.
Commencement of
Constitution
as amended
Act No. 2 of
2016
4. Subject to this Act, the Constitution as amended in Act No.
2 of 2016 shall come into operation on the commencement of this
Act.
Printing and
publication
of
Constitution
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5. The Constitution may be printed and published by the
Government Printer separately from this Act, and the production
of a copy of the Constitution purporting to be so printed shall be
prima facie evidence in courts and for all purposes in connection
with the Constitution as its provisions.
Existing laws
6. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, and so far
as they are not inconsistent with the Constitution as amended,
existing laws shall continue in force after the commencement of
this Act as if they had been made in pursuance of the Constitution
as amended, but shall be construed with such modifications,
adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to
bring them into conformity with the Constitution as amended.
(2) Parliament shall, within such period as it shall determine,
make amendments to any existing law to bring that law into
conformity with, or to give effect to, this Act and the Constitution
as amended.
Executive
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7. (1) The President shall continue to serve as President for
the unexpired term of that office as specified by the Constitution in
accordance with the Constitution.
(2) A person holding the post of Vice-President, Minister or
Deputy Minister shall continue to hold that position under the
Constitution until that appointment is terminated by the President in
accordance with the Constitution.
Prerogative
of mercy
8. The prerogative of mercy bestowed on the President under
the Constitution as amended may be exercised in respect of any
criminal offence committed before the effective date.
Rights,
duties and
obligations
of
Government
9. Rights, duties and obligations of the Government subsisting
immediately before the effective date shall continue as rights, duties
and obligations of the Government under the Constitution as
amended.