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Zambia Overview
Zambian Government
Laws of Zambia
Laws of Zambia – The Income Tax Act
Laws of Zambia – The Employment Act
Blackhall’s Laws of Zambia is a revised edition of the laws of Zambia containing primary and secondary legislation.
Zambia’s judicial system is based on English common law and customary law. Common law is administered by several high courts, which have the authority to hear criminal and civil cases and appeals from lower courts. Resident magistrate’s courts are also established at various centers. Local courts mainly administer customary law, especially cases relating to marriage, property, and inheritance.
Tax
Doing Business
Zambia Business Licensing Information Portal
International Trade Administration – Doing Business in Zambia
Investment Businesses in Zambia
Patents & Companies Registration Agency (PACRA)
Chambers and Partners – Zambia
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Zambia Chamber of Small and Medium Business Associations (ZCSMBA)
Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM)
Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI)
Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA)
Road Traffic and Vehicles
Institutes and Associations
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Patents & Companies Registration Agency (PACRA)
The Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) is a semi-autonomous executive agency of the Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry. Its principal functions are to operate a legal system for registration and protection of commercial and industrial property and to serve as a legal depository of the information tendered for registration. It comprises two core departments – Industrial Property and Commercial. Others are Accounts, Human Resources and Administration, and Information Technology (IT). Mr. Anthony Bwembya is the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the institution
Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)
The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) was established in 2006 under Act No. 11 of 2006. The ZDA is responsible for fostering economic growth and development in Zambia through promoting trade and investment and an efficient, effective and coordinated private sector led economic development strategy. The agency also has the challenge to develop an internationally competitive Zambian economy through innovations that promote high skills, productive investment and increased trade
Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)
In the context of declining Government revenues from a peak of around 30 percent of GDP in the late 1970s to just 13 percent of GDP from tax collections in the early 1990s, the Zambian Government launched a tax reform programme in 1992. In addition to various tax policy initiatives, this reform programme included a major overhaul of revenue administration through the establishment the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), on April 1, 1994, as a semi-autonomous agency under the Zambia Revenue Authority Act, now Chapter 321 of the Laws of Zambia. That culminated in the former Departments of Income Tax and Customs and Excise of the then Ministry of Finance being brought together under the revenue authority.
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
IDC’s mandate is to play a catalytic role in deepening and supporting Zambia’s industrialisation capacity to promote job creation and domestic wealth formation across key economic sectors. The IDC plays its role through evaluation, pricing and lowering the investment risk profile by serving as co-investor alongside private sector investors.