This is the version of this Act as it was from 31 December 1996 to 13 August 2015. Read the latest available version.
Zambia
Referendum Act, 1967
Chapter 14
- Commenced on 21 July 1967
- [This is the version of this document as it was at 31 December 1996 to 13 August 2015.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Referendum Act.2. Power to order a referendum
3. Method of taking the poll at a referendum
Part II – Establishment and procedure of Referendum Commission
[No. 5 of 1969]4. Establishment of Referendum Commission
5. Secretary to Commission
The president shall appoint a secretary to the Commission who shall discharge such functions as the Commission may direct.6. Procedure of Commission
7. Conduct of referendum
The conduct of every referendum shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Commission.8. Appointment of referendum officers
9. Power of Commission to require information and to issue instructions
The Commission may at any time—10. Regulations
Part III – Referendum petitions
[No. 5 of 1969 and Act No. 13 of 1994]11. Referendum petitions
12. Operation of declared result or of Act submitted to referendum
13. Persons who may present referendum petitions
A referendum petition may be presented to the High Court by one or more of the following persons:14. Respondent to a referendum petition
15. Form and procedure for presentation of referendum petitions
16. Duty of Registrar to make out list of referendum petitions
17. Practice, procedure and security for costs
18. Death of or delay by petitioner
The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to every referendum petition presented by a person other than the Attorney-General, that is to say:19. Trial of referendum petitions
20. Provisions as to witnesses
21. Scrutiny of votes
22. Retaking a referendum in a constituency
23. Conclusion of trial of referendum petition
24. Provisions as to costs of trial of referendum petition
Part IV – General
[No. 5 of 1969]25. ***
[Repealed by Act No. 17 of 1994]26. No person required to state how he voted
No person who has voted at a referendum shall in any proceedings, whether brought under this Act or otherwise, be required to state how he has voted.27. Evidence as to holding of referendum
In any prosecution for an offence against this Act alleged to have been committed at or in connection with a referendum in any constituency, the certificate of the returning officer for that constituency stating that the referendum mentioned therein was being or had been held shall be sufficient evidence of the fact that such referendum was being or had been held in that constituency.28. Validation of certain documents
No misnomer or any inaccurate description of any person or place in any register, notice or other document required for the purposes of this Act shall affect the full operation of the document with respect to that person or place in any case where the description of the person or place is such as to be commonly understood.29. Meaning of "corrupt practice"
In this Act—"corrupt practice" means any offence against this Act which is prescribed by the Commission as a corrupt practice.History of this document
14 August 2015
31 December 1996 this version
Consolidation
21 July 1967
Commenced