Preservation of Public Security Act, 1960 (Chapter 112)
Zambia
Preservation of Public Security Act, 1960
Chapter 112
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Commenced on 4 March 1960
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This Act may be cited as the Preservation of Public Security Act. In this Act, the expression "public security" includes the securing of the safety of persons and property, the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, the prevention and suppression of violence, intimidation, disorder and crime, the prevention and suppression of mutiny, rebellion and concerted defiance of, and disobedience to, the law and lawful authority, and the maintenance of the administration of justice.[As amended by G.N. No. 229 of 1964 and S.I. No. 85 of 1964] Regulations made under section three may—(a)make provision for the payment of compensation and remuneration to persons affected by the regulations;(b)make provision for the apprehension and trial of persons offending against the regulations and for such penalties as the President may think fit for offenders thereunder;(c)make provision for suspending the operation of any written law other than the Constitution;[Cap. 1](d)make provision for empowering such authorities and persons as may be specified in the regulations to make orders and rules for any of the purposes for which such regulations may be made;(e)make provision for the delegation and transfer of powers and duties conferred and imposed by or under the regulations; and(f)contain such other incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the President to be necessary or desirable for the purposes of such regulations:Provided that nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section or in the provisions of section three shall authorise the making of any regulations providing for the trial of persons by military courts.[As amended by S.I. No. 85 of 1964] Every document purporting to be an order, licence, permit, certificate, direction, authority, or other document made, granted or issued by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia prior to the 24th October, 1964, or thereafter by the President, or any other authority or person in pursuance of this Act or any regulation made under this Act or any order or rule made under any such regulation, and purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Governor of Northern Rhodesia prior to the 24th October, 1964, or thereafter by the President, or such other authority or person, shall be received in evidence, and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been made, granted or issued by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia prior to the 24th October, 1964, or thereafter by the President, or that authority or person.[As amended by S.I. No. 85 of 1964]1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Public security regulations
4. Incidental and supplementary provisions in regulations
5. Application and effect of regulations
6. Proof of documents