Constitution of Zambia [No. 1 of 2016 15. (1) Subject to this section, a judge or judicial officer who held office immediately before the effective date shall continue to hold office as if appointed to that office under the Constitution as amended but may opt to retire, in accordance with subsection (2), within twelve months of the effective date. (2) A judge who has attained the age of sixty-five years immediately before or on the effective date may retire and shall be entitled on retirement to the benefits that person would have been entitled to at the date of retirement as specified in the Constitution. 16. (1) Unless otherwise provided under the Constitution as amended, proceedings pending before court or tribunal shall continue to be heard and determined by the same court or tribunal or may be transferred to a corresponding court or tribunal established under the Constitution as amended. 7 Judicature Cap. 1 Cap. 1 Judicial and tribunal proceedings and pending matters (2) Unless otherwise provided under the Constitution as amended, a matter or proceeding that, immediately before the effective date, is pending before a commission, office or authority shall continue before the same commission, office or authority or corresponding commission, office or authority established under the Constitution as amended. 17. (1) Local authorities shall continue to exist after the effective date until the implementation of the new structure under the Constitution as amended and as provided by an Act of Parliament. Local government (2) Parliament shall enact legislation for the local government system as provided by the Constitution as amended. (3) Councillors of district councils shall continue as councillors after the effective date until general elections are held in accordance with the Constitution as amended. (4) The boundaries of a province, district or ward existing immediately before the effective date shall be the boundaries of that province, district or ward until the next delimitation is done in accordance with the Constitution as amended. 18. (1) A political party in existence immediately before the effective date shall, within twelve months of the effective date, comply with the Constitution as amended and any legislation enacted by Parliament in accordance with the Constitution as amended. Political parties