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Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1968

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 5 provisions
Citation: Act 58 of 1968
Dates: Source version 31 Dec 1996

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“Any person may get an office copy or extract of a deed registered under this Act if they pay the required rate.”

Any person may get an office copy or extract of a deed registered under this Act if they pay the required rate. Fees may be prescribed for deed registrations, copies, extracts, and official searches, and the registrar is not required to act on any fee-based matter unless the fee is paid. The Attorney-General may make rules by statutory instrument to carry out this Act, and may later alter, amend, or revoke those rules. An affidavit required by or for this Act may be sworn before any person allowed to take that affidavit under other law. The older Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914 stops applying in Zambia, but pending proceedings and existing rules continue under transitional savings rules.

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Ofﬁce copies ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Any person may get an office copy or extract of a deed registered under this Act if they pay the required rate.

Section 25

Prescribed fees ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Fees may be prescribed for deed registrations, copies, extracts, and official searches, and the registrar is not required to act on any fee-based matter unless the fee is paid.

Section 26

Rules ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

The Attorney-General may make rules by statutory instrument to carry out this Act, and may later alter, amend, or revoke those rules.

Section 27

Afﬁdavits ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

An affidavit required by or for this Act may be sworn before any person allowed to take that affidavit under other law.

Section 28

Repeal and savings ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8

The older Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914 stops applying in Zambia, but pending proceedings and existing rules continue under transitional savings rules.

Section 29

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§ 25Ofﬁce copies ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8Provision

Any person may get an office copy or extract of a deed registered under this Act if they pay the required rate.

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.

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§ 26Prescribed fees ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8Provision

Fees may be prescribed for deed registrations, copies, extracts, and official searches, and the registrar is not required to act on any fee-based matter unless the fee is paid.

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.

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§ 27Rules ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8Amendment

The Attorney-General may make rules by statutory instrument to carry out this Act, and may later alter, amend, or revoke those rules.

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.

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§ 28Afﬁdavits ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8Provision

An affidavit required by or for this Act may be sworn before any person allowed to take that affidavit under other law.

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.

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§ 29Repeal and savings ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8Commencement

The older Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914 stops applying in Zambia, but pending proceedings and existing rules continue under transitional savings rules.

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

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