Constitutional Court of Zambia - 2017 August

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Citation	Judgment date
August 2017
Malembeka (Prisons Care and Counselling Association) v Attorney General and Another (13 of 2016) [2017] ZMCC 1 (14 August 2017) Article 46 grants the franchise to all citizens 18+, so statutory disqualification of persons in lawful custody is void; Electoral Commission must enable their registration and voting. Constitutional law – Right to vote – Article 46 universal adult suffrage – Disqualification of persons in lawful custody – Sections 9(1)(e) and 47 Electoral Process Act void – Prisoners’ voting rights – Scope of judicial remedies; Civil procedure – Jurisdictional limits on enforcement of Part III rights.	14 August 2017
Katuka and Another v Attorney General and Another (10 of 2016; 11 of 2016) [2017] ZMCC 4 (8 August 2017)	8 August 2017