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Supreme Court and High Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1976 (Chapter 26)

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This is the latest version of this legislation commenced on 31 Dec 1996.

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.]


[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]