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Constitution of Zambia Act, 2016

Legislature (1) The National Assembly existing immediately before

Status: in_forceRetrieved: 2026-08-18T19:02:41.173005+00:00Release: constitutions-global-20260821-v2
Legislature (1) The National Assembly existing immediately before the effective date shall continue as the National Assembly for the Cap. 1 purposes of the Constitution as amended and the members of the National Assembly shall continue as members until the expiry of their term of office as specified by the Constitution. (2) The persons holding the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly immediately before the effective date shall continue as Speaker and Deputy Speaker until another Speaker and Deputy Speakers are elected under the Constitution as amended and shall be considered as having taken any oath specified by the Constitution as amended. (3) The functions and powers vested in Parliament by the Constitution shall be exercised after the effective date by that Parliament for the unexpired term of that Parliament in accordance Cap. 1 with the Constitution. (4) The rules and orders of the National Assembly existing on the effective date shall be the rules and orders of the National Assembly after the effective date but shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as are necessary to bring them into conformity with the Constitution as amended. (5) The National Assembly shall, within such period as it shall determine, revise the Standing Orders of the National Assembly in accordance with the Constitution as amended. (6) Moneys granted, voted or appropriated by the Parliament existing immediately before the effective date, for the current financial year, shall be deemed to have been granted, voted or appropriated in accordance with the Constitution as amended. (7) The boundaries of a constituency existing immediately before the effective date shall be the boundaries of the constituency until the next delimitation is done in accordance with the Constitution as amended.

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