CRVS Laws

Zambia

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Zambia CRVS Laws

Primary Legislation

Title Docs Documents
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1973
(as amended to 1996)
Fees and Fines Act 1994
(as amended to 2013)
Children’s Code Act 2022
Statistics Act 2018
National Registration Act 1964
(as amended to 1996)
Citizenship of Zambia Act 2016
Inquests Act 1938
(as amended to1996)

Secondary Legislation

Title Docs Documents
Births and Deaths Registration (General) Rules 1973
(as amended to 2016)
Births and Deaths Registration Districts Order 1973
Fees and Fines (Fee and Penalty Unit Value) Regulations 2014, as amended by Fees and Fines (Fee and Penalty Unit Value) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
National Registration Regulations 2019
(as amended by SI 83 of 2019)
Public Health (Crematoria and Cremation) Regulations 1962
(amended to 1965)
Fees and Fines (Fee and Penalty Unit Value) Regulations 2014, as amended by Fees and Fines (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Circulars, Guidance and Forms

Title Docs Documents
Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death

Case Law

Title Docs Documents
Hellen Sindaba v The Attorney General and Another (2017HP0859)