The Laws of Zambia

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

THE ENGLISH LAW

(EXTENT OF APPLICATION) ACT

CHAPTER 11 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA

CHAPTER 11 THE ENGLISH LAW (EXTENT OF APPLICATION) ACT

THE ENGLISH LAW

(EXTENT OF APPLICATION) ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1. Short title
2. Extent to which the Law of England is in force in the Republic

CHAPTER 11

ENGLISH LAW (EXTENT OF APPLICATION) 4 of 1963

24 of 1973
1 of 1991
An Act to declare the extent to which the Law of England applies in the Republic. Government Notice
497 of 1964
[8th March, 1963]

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1. This Act may be cited as the English Law (Extent of Application) Act. Short title

2. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution of Zambia and to any other written Extent to which the
law- Law of England is in
force in the Republic.
(a) the common law; and Cap. 1

(b) the doctrines of equity; and

(c) the statutes which were in force in England on the 17th August, 1911 (being
the commencement of the Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1911); and
(d) any statutes of later date than that mentioned in paragraph (c) in force in
England, now applied to the Republic, or which hereafter shall be applied
thereto by any Act or otherwise;
shall be in force in the Republic.
(As amended by Acts No. 24 of 1973 and 1 of 1991)

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