Supreme Court and High Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1976

Chapter 26

Citation
Chapter 26
Date
31 December 1996
Language
English
Type
Act
Zambia

Supreme Court and High Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1976

Chapter 26

  • Commenced on 29 July 1988
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 December 1996.]
  • [This legislation has been revised and consolidated by the Ministry of Legal Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Zambia. This version is up-to-date as at 31st December 1996.]
[22 of 1976; 20 of 1977; 21 of 1988; 10 of 1997]An Act to prescribe the number of Supreme Court judges and of puisne judges of the High Court.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Supreme Court and High Court (Number of Judges) Act.

2. Number of Supreme Court Judges

There shall be nine judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice.

3. Number of puisne judges

There shall be thirty puisne judges of the High Court.[As amended by Act No. 20 of 1977, No. 21 of 1988 and No. 10 of 1997]
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History of this document

31 December 1996 this version
Consolidation
29 July 1988
Commenced