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Ratification of International Agreements Act, 2016 (No. 34 of 2016).

Country/Territory
Zambia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the ratification of international agreements and the domestication process; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
International relations/cooperation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Act concerns the process of ratification of international multilateral agreement by Zambia and incorporation of such agreements into national law. The ratification process shall be initiated by the Minister responsible for the subject matter of the international agreement. Cabinet shall consider and approve or disapprove a proposal set out in a Cabinet Memorandum to ratify an international agreement. Agreements shall be ratified by the National Assembly. Where the National Assembly has approved the ratification of an international agreement in accordance with section five, the Ministry responsible for the subject matter of the international agreement shall, where necessary, initiate the domestication process. An international agreement may be domesticated by— (a) an Act that sets out the international agreement in a schedule; (b) setting out salient provisions of the international agreement, in the substantive part of an Act, that will require specific interventions or measures to be undertaken, and annexing the international agreement to the Act; (c) rephrasing the terms of the international agreement in an Act and annexing the agreement to the Act; (d) adopting, in an Act, the terms of the international agreement in its entirety; or (e) the use of any other enforceable means, where applicable. The Ministry responsible for foreign affairs shall cause to be laid before the National Assembly, annually, a report on international agreements.

Full text
English
Website
www.parliament.gov.zm