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No.
of 2013]
Medicines and Allied Substances
this Act and is hereby renamed the Zambia Medicines Regulatory
Authority.
Continuation
and re-naming
of
Pharmaceutical
Regulatory
Authority
Act No. 14 of
2004
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual
succession and a common seal, capable of suing and of being sued
in its corporate name, and with power, subject to the provisions of
this Act, to do all such acts and things as a body corporate may, by
law, do or perform.
(3) The provisions of the First Schedule apply to the Authority.
4. (1) The seal of the Authority shall be such device as may be
determined by the Authority and shall be kept by the DirectorGeneral.
Seal of
Authority
(2) The affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the
Chairperson or the Vice Chairperson and the Director-General or
any other person authorised in that behalf by a resolution of the
Board.
(3) Any contract or instrument which if entered into or executed
by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to
be under seal, may be entered into or executed without seal on
behalf of the Authority by the Director-General or any other person
generally or specifically authorised by the Board in that behalf.
(4) Any document purporting to be a document under the seal
of the Authority or issued on behalf of the Authority shall be received
in evidence and shall be deemed to be so executed or issued, as the
case may be, without further proof, unless the contrary is proved.
5.
Functions of
Authority
The functions of the Authority are to—
(a) grant pharmaceutical licences and marketing
authorisations;
(b) inspect any premises used for the purpose of
manufacturing, distribution, sale, importation or
exportation of medicines or allied substances or for any
other purposes regulated under this Act;
(c) regulate and control the manufacture, importation,
exportation, distribution and sale of medicines and allied
substances;
(d) regulate and control the advertising and promotion of
medicines and allied substances;
(e) register and regulate pharmacies, health shops and agroveterinary shops;
(f) in consultation with the relevant professional bodies,
establish, maintain and develop standards for the
operation of pharmacies, health shops and agro-