for election, has served a sentence of imprisonment for a
criminal offence.
(2) A person who holds, or is a validly nominated candidate in an
election for, the office of the President shall not be qualified for election
as a member of the National Assembly.
(3) A Chief shall not be qualified for election as a member of the
National Assembly.
(4) A Chief who intends to stand for elections to the National Assembly
shall abdicate his chieftaincy before lodging his nomination.
(5) Parliament may provide that a person who holds or is acting in any
office that is specified by Parliament and the functions of which involve
responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of any election to
the National Assembly or the compilation of any register of voters for
the purposes of such an election shall not be qualified to be elected as a
member of the National Assembly.
(6) Parliament may provide that a person who is convicted by any court
of any offence that is prescribed by Parliament and that is connected
with election of the members of the National Assembly or who is
reported guilty of such an offence by the court trying an election petition
shall not be qualified to be elected as a member of the National
Assembly for such period, not exceeding five years following his
conviction or the report of the court, as the case may be, as may be so
prescribed.
(7) A person holding or acting in any post, office of appointment(a)
in the Zambia Defence Force as defined in the Defence Act, the
Combined Cadet Force, the Zambia National Service, or any
other force or service established for the preservation of security
in Zambia;
(b)
in the Zambia Police Force, the Zambia Police Reserve, the
Zambia Security Intelligence Service, the Anti-Corruption
Commission, the Drug Enforcement Commission, the Zambia
Prison Service or in any other force or service established for the