Subordinate Courts Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
The Subordinate Courts Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 95 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Subordinate Courts Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Subordinate Courts Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2I nterpretati on
- S. 3E stablishment of Subordinate Courts
- S. 4G eneral and territorial jurisdicti on of Subordinate Courts
- S. 5A ppointment of magistrates
- S. 6S imultaneous sittings of a Subordinate Court
- S. 7P ower and jurisdicti on of magistrates
- S. 8T rial with assessors
- S. 9S eals
- S. 10P lace of sitting
- S. 11C ourts of Record
- S. 12P ractice and procedure
- S. 13P ower to transfer to Local Courts
- S. 14S ubpoena Duces Tecum.
- S. 15L aw and equity to be concurrently administered
- S. 16A pplicati on of Afric an customary law
- S. 17G eneral power of magistrates
- S. 18N o power to issue wr its of habe as corpus
- S. 19C riminal jurisdicti on
- S. 20C ivil jurisdicti on of Subordinate Courts of first class
- S. 21C ivil jurisdicti on of Subordinate Courts of second class
- S. 22C ivil jurisdicti on of Subordinate Courts of third class
- S. 23W here questi on of title to l and is in issue
- S. 24E xtensi on of jurisdicti on
- S. 25S ittings
- S. 26A djournment in absence of magistrate
- S. 27P ower of courts to transfer cases
- S. 28C ivil appeals
- S. 29W rong ruling as to sufficiency of stamp
- S. 30P ower to reserve questi on of law f or opini on of High Court.
- S. 31C onditions precedent to appeal
- S. 32D iscretionary power of High Court
- S. 33R ight of appeal in criminal cases
- S. 34C lerk of the court
- S. 35D uties of clerk of the court
- S. 36T axing Master
- S. 37O ath
- S. 38P ower of High Court
- S. 39W hen punishment imposed by magistrate
- S. 40M isconduct in court
- S. 41S ummoning witnesses
- S. 42C ompelling attendance-Penalty on n on-attendance
- S. 43R efusal to be sworn or to give evidence
- S. 44B ystander may be required to give evidence
- S. 45P risoner may be brought up by warrant to give evidence
- S. 46A llowances to witnesses
- S. 47H ow defrayed
- S. 48I nspecti on
- S. 49W itnesses as to Afric an customary law
- S. 50N o pers on entitled to inspecti on or copy of record of evidence
- S. 51E vidence before Subordinate Courts, recording of
- S. 52P erjury
- S. 53P ower of Subordinate Courts of first and second class to make compositi on
- S. 54M agistrates subject to directions of High Court
- S. 55P rotecti on from actions
- S. 56R eturn of criminal cases
- S. 57R ules of court
- S. 58Property in the custody or under the control of any public officer in h is official Property in custody of
- S. 59N otice of Instalments Due.
- S. 60C ertificate th at Request h as been Filed. (O. 42, r. 5.)
- S. 61N otice to Credit or th at h is Claim is not Objected to. (O. 42, r. 12.)
- S. 62N otice of Hearing of Objecti on to Claim. (O. 42, r. 13.)
- S. 63O rder Setting Aside or Rescinding Compositi on Order. (O. 42, r. 16.)
- S. 64O rder Rescinding Compositi on Order unless Debt or Pays Instalments in Arrear with in a Specified Time or by
- S. 65C ertified Copy of Proceedings.
- S. 66T hird Party Notice. (O. 12, r. 1.)
- S. 67N otice by Under-Sheriff to Executi on Credit or of Claim to Goods Seized. (O. 41, r. 53.)
- S. 68R equest to Search Judgments Register or Judgments Secti on of the Civil Causes Register (Individual Search). (O.
- S. 69A pplicati on f or Permit f or General Searches in Judgments Registers (against Unspecified Number of Names). (O.
- S. 70P ermit f or General Searches in Judgments Registers (against Unspecified Number of Names). (O. 36, r. 4.)
- S. 71C ertificate of Clerk of Subordinate Court as to Amount Due and Unpaid. (O. 37, r. 3 (4) (a).)
- S. 72C ertificate of Clerk of Subordinate Court th at no Process f or Enforcement Remains in Force. (O. 37, r. 3 (4) (a).)
- S. 73C ertificate of Clerk of a Magistrate' Court th at no Process f or Enforcement Remains in Force and no Proceedings f or
- S. 74D eclarati on as to the Amount Due and Unpaid. (O. 37, r. 3 (4) (b).)
- S. 75D eclarati on th at no Process f or Enforcement Remains in Force. (O. 37, r. 3 (4) (b).)
- S. 76D eclarati on th at no Process f or Enforcement Remains in Force and no Proceedings f or Variati on are Pending. (O.
- S. 77C ertificate of Clerk of Subordinate Court th at Copy of Maintenance Order is a True Copy sent f or Registrati on. (O.
- S. 78N otice th at Payments have Become Payable through the Clerk of a Magistrate's Court. (O. 37, r. 6(1).)
- S. 79N otice th at Payments under a Subordinate Court Order have Ceased to be Payable through the Clerk of a
- S. 80N otice of Cancellati on of Registrati on of a High Court Order. (O. 37, r.6 (3).)
- S. 81O rder Remitting to the Original Court Applicati on f or Variati on of Registered Maintenance Order. (O. 37, r. 7.)
- S. 82E ndorsement th at no Arrears Rema in to be Recovered. (O. 37, r. 8 (7).)
- S. 83A ttachment of Earnings Order. (O. 37, r. 11.)
- S. 84N otice th at Defendant is not Employed by Pers on to whom an Attachment of Earnings Order is Directed. (O. 37, r.
- S. IPRELIMINARYPART I
- S. IICONSTITUTION OF SUBORDINATE COURTSPART II
- S. IIIJURISDICTION AND LAWPART III
- S. IVSITTINGS AND DISTRIBUTION OF BUSINESSPART IV
- S. IXCOMPOSITION ORDERSPART IX
- S. VAPPEALSPART V
- S. VIOFFICERS OF SUBORDINATE COURTSPART VI
- S. VIICONTEMPT OF COURTPART VII
- S. VIIIEVIDENCEPART VIII
- S. XMISCELLANEOUSPART X
- S. XIRULES OF COURTPART XI