Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1968

25. Office copies Subject to the provisions of this Act and to any rules made thereunder, any person shall be entitled to have an office copy of, or extract from, any deed registered under this Act, upon paying for it at the like rate as for office copies of judgments of the High Court, and any copy or extract purporting to be an office copy or extract shall, in all courts and before all arbitrators or other persons, be admitted as prima facie evidence thereof, and of the fact and date of registration as shown thereon.

26. Prescribed fees There shall be taken, in respect of the registration of deeds of arrangement, and in respect of any copies or extracts or official searches made by the registrar, such fees as may be from time to time prescribed; and nothing in this Act contained shall make it obligatory on the registrar to do, or permit to be done, any act in respect of which any fee is specified or prescribed, except on payment of such fee.

27. Rules The Attorney-General may, from time to time, by statutory instrument, make rules for carrying into effect the objects of this Act, and may, from time to time, alter, amend, or revoke all or any of such rules.

28. Affidavits An affidavit required by or for the purpose of this Act may be sworn before any person before whom such an affidavit may under any law for the time being in force, be sworn.

29. Repeal and savings (1) The Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914, of the United Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1914") shall cease to apply in Zambia as part of the law thereof, and the Interpretation and General Provisions Act shall apply in relation to this subsection as if the Act of 1914 had been hereby repealed. (2) This Act shall apply to proceedings commenced under the Act of 1914 and pending at the commencement of this Act, as if such proceedings had been commenced under this Act. (3) Until revoked or altered under this Act, rules made under the Act of 1914, and in force at the commencement of this Act, shall continue in force, and shall have effect as if made under this Act. (4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to and in respect of a deed of arrangement executed before the commencement of this Act if and so far as the corresponding provisions of the Act of 1914 would have applied to or in respect of such deed had this Act not been enacted. [Cap. 2] By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 8