{"id":1669,"date":"2019-10-10T12:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T12:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecz\/?page_id=1669"},"modified":"2023-07-29T17:02:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T17:02:15","slug":"legal-framework","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/?page_id=1669","title":{"rendered":"Legal Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1451991003825{margin-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Legal Framework&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:35px|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1571730181622{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Electoral Commission of Zambia is an independent and autonomous Electoral Management Body (EMB) that is governed and regulated by the following pieces of legislation:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Constitution-of-Zambia-Amendment-2016-Act-No.-2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2016<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Electoral-Process-Act-No-35-2016.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Electoral Process Act No.35 2016 <\/span>(This Act also contains the Electoral Code of Conduct;<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/zam2016eczAct.pdf\">The Electoral Commission of Zambia Act No.25 of 2016<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Electoral-Commission-ofZambia-Amendment-Act-No.-5-2019.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Electoral Commission of Zambia Amendment Act No.5 of 2019<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zam2015ReferendumActAmend.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Referendum Act No.5 of 2015<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And various regulations such as<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral process: General Regulations<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EPA-general-regulations-1.pdf\"> ( Part:1 )<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EPA-general-regulations-2.pdf\">( Part:2 )<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Voter-Registration-Regulations.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral process &#8211;\u00a0 Registration of Voters\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Voter_Education_Regulations.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral process &#8211; Voter Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ConflictManagementRegulatations.pdf\">Electoral process &#8211; Conflict Management<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1451991003825{margin-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Legal Framework&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:35px|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1571730181622{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Electoral Commission of Zambia is an independent and autonomous Electoral Management Body (EMB) that is governed and regulated by the following pieces of legislation: The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2016 The Electoral Process Act No.35 2016 (This Act also contains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1669","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4823,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669\/revisions\/4823"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}