misbehaviour, after a tribunal appointed to investigate the allegations
confirms such allegations and recommends that a Judge be removed. The
Judiciary’s independence is further protected as the salaries payable to the
Judges and their terms of office may not be altered to their disadvantage
after their appointment.
67.
The laws, which are applied by the different Courts, which form the
Judicature, fall into three broad categories:
(a)
Legislation
(i)
In the form of Acts of Parliament and subordinate
legislation made under those Acts.
(ii)
English Laws (Extent of Application) Act, Chapter 10
of the Laws of Zambia provides that all English
statutes in force in England in 1911 are applicable in
Zambia as long as the law is not inconsistent with
existing Zambian laws, and the Act is to be applied in
the light of prevailing local circumstances.
In
matrimonial causes English laws are still applicable;
(b)
Judicial precedents, which are rules, derived from decisions
of the High Court and Supreme Court of Zambia; and
(c )
Customary law, which is applicable in so far as it is not
inconsistent with existing statutory laws or repugnant to the
principles of natural justice, equity and good conscience.
68.
The Office of the Attorney General is established under Article 54 of the
Constitution. The Attorney General is appointed by the President subject
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