Part 8 » General Provisions
50. Change in particulars
Aperson registered under this Act shall notify the Registrar of any change in the particulars relating to the registration, within seven days of the change.
51. Prohibition of transfer of certificate
A certificate issued under this Part shall not be transferred to a third party.
52. Jurisdiction over acts committed outside Zambia
- The Council or a court of competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction over an information and communications technology professional for any act committed outside Zambia which, if it had been committed in Zambia, would have been an offence or professional misconduct under this Act.
- Any proceedings against an information and communications technology professional under this section which would be a bar to subsequent proceedings against the information and communications technology professional for the same offence, if the offence had been commited in Zambia, shall be a bar to further proceedings against the information and communications technology professional under any written law relating to the extradition of persons, in respect of the same offence outside Zambia.
- The Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act ℹ️shall apply to proceedings under this Act.
53. Offences by principal officer or shareholder of body corporate or unincorporate body
Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate or unincorporate body, and the director, manager or shareholder of that body is suspected to have committed the offence and is charged of that offence, that director, manager or shareholder of the body corporate or unincorporate body is liable, on conviction, to the penalty specified for the offence, unless the director, manager or shareholder proves to the satisfaction of the court that the act constituting the offence was done without the knowledge, consent or connivance of the director, manager or shareholder or that the director, manager or shareholder took reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the offence.
54. General penalty
Aperson who contravenes a provision of this Act for which a specific penalty is not provided, is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years, or to both.
55. Guidelines
- The Council may, in the exercise of its functions under this Act, issue such guidelines as are necessary for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
- The Council shall publish the guidelines, referred to in subsection (1), in the Gazette and a daily newspaper of general circulation in Zambia, and the guidelines shall not take effect until they are so published.
- The guidelines issued by the Council shall bind all persons regulated under this Act.
56. Regulations
The Minister may, by statutory instrument, on the recommendation of the Council, make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
57. Savings and transitional provisions
The Second Schedule applies to transitional arrangements relating to the Association.