Chief Justice of Zambia

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The Chief Justice of Zambia is the head of the country’s judiciary and Supreme Court, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and guiding the interpretation of Zambian law.

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Chief Justice of Zambia canonical 4

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chief justice ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Zambia ⓘ
appointedBy President of Zambia ⓘ
appointmentRequires ratification by the National Assembly of Zambia ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Zambia ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
hasPower assign judges to different courts ⓘ
constitute panels of the Supreme Court of Zambia ⓘ
issue practice directions for the courts ⓘ
headOf Judiciary of Zambia ⓘ
Supreme Court of Zambia ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Zambia ⓘ
memberOf Judicial Service Commission of Zambia ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Constitution of Zambia (post-independence) ⓘ
officeHolderRole head of the Supreme Court of Zambia ⓘ
head of the judiciary ⓘ
oversees Constitutional Court of Zambia ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Zambia ⓘ
High Court of Zambia ⓘ
Supreme Court of Zambia ⓘ
subordinate courts of Zambia ⓘ
participatesIn appointment of judges in Zambia ⓘ
disciplinary processes for judicial officers ⓘ
partOf Government of Zambia ⓘ
rank highest judicial officer in Zambia ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in Zambia ⓘ
allocation of judicial work in superior courts ⓘ
guiding interpretation of Zambian law ⓘ
judicial policy direction ⓘ
oversight of judicial conduct mechanisms ⓘ
supervision of the courts of Zambia ⓘ
seat Lusaka ⓘ
linked to: Lusaka, Zambia
style The Honourable the Chief Justice ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Zambia → composition → Chief Justice of Zambia ⓘ
Supreme Court of Zambia → headOfCourt → Chief Justice of Zambia ⓘ
Judiciary of Zambia → headedBy → Chief Justice of Zambia ⓘ
Judicial branch of Zambia → headedBy → Chief Justice of Zambia ⓘ