the penalty therefore is not so prescribed.
(9) Any court or other adjudicating authority prescribed by law for
determination of the existence or extent of any civil right or obligation
shall be established by law and shall be independent and impartial; and
where proceedings for such a determination are instituted by any person
before such a court or other adjudicating authority, the case shall be
given a fair hearing within a reasonable time.
(10) Except with the agreement of all the parties thereto, all proceedings
of every court and proceedings for the determination of the existence or
extent of any civil right or obligation before any other adjudicating
authority, including the announcement of the decision of the court or
other authority, shall be held in public.
(11) Nothing in clause (10) shall prevent the court or other adjudicating
authority from excluding from the proceedings persons other than the
parties thereto and their legal representatives to such extent as the court
or other authority(a)
may consider necessary or expedient in circumstances where
publicity would prejudice the interests of justice or in
interlocutory proceedings; or
(b)
may be empowered by law to do in the interest of defence, public
safety, public order, public morality, the welfare of persons
under the age of eighteen years or the protection of the private
lives of persons concerned in the proceedings.
(12) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall
be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of(a)
paragraph (a) of clause (2) to the extent that it is shown that the
law in question imposes upon any person charged with a
criminal offence the burden of proving particular facts;
(b)
paragraph (d) of clause (2) to the extent that it is shown that the
law in question prohibits legal representation before a
subordinate court in proceedings for an offence under Zambian
customary law, being proceedings against any person who,
under that law, is subject to that law;