Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
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(c) an act, omission, measure or decision by a person or an
authority;
contravenes this Constitution, may petition the Constitutional Court
for redress.
(4) A decision of the Constitutional Court is not appealable to
the Supreme Court.
129. (1) The Constitutional Court shall be constituted by an
uneven number of not less than three judges, except when hearing
an interlocutory matter.
Sittings of
Constitutional
Court
(2) The Constitutional Court shall be constituted by one judge
when hearing an interlocutory matter.
(3) The full bench of the Constitutional Court shall be constituted
by an uneven number of not less than five judges.
(4) The Constitutional Court shall be presided over by—
(a) the President of the Constitutional Court;
(b) in the absence of the President of the Constitutional Court,
the Deputy-President of the Constitutional Court; and
(c) in the absence of the Deputy-President of the Constitutional
Court, the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court,
as constituted.
130. There is established the Court of Appeal which consists
of such number of judges as prescribed.
Establishment
and
composition
of Court of
Appeal
131. (1) The Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to hear appeals
from—
Jurisdiction
of Court of
Appeal
(a) the High Court;
(b) other courts, except for matters under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court; and
(c) quasi-judicial bodies, except a local government elections
tribunal.
(2) An appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal shall be
made to the Supreme Court with leave of the Court of Appeal.
132. (1) The Court of Appeal shall be constituted by an uneven
number of not less than three judges, except when hearing an appeal
in an interlocutory matter.
Sittings of
Court of
Appeal