26
No. 2 of 2016]
Vacation of
office as
Member of
Parliament
and
dissolution
of political
party
Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
72. (1) A Member of Parliament shall, except the Speaker and
the First Deputy Speaker, vacate the seat in the National Assembly
upon a dissolution of Parliament.
(2) The office of Member of Parliament becomes vacant if
the member—
(a) resigns by notice, in writing, to the Speaker;
(b) becomes disqualified for election in accordance with Article
70;
(c) acts contrary to a prescribed code of conduct;
(d) resigns from the political party which sponsored the member
for election to the National Assembly;
(e) is expelled from the political party which sponsored the
member for election to the National Assembly;
(f) ceases to be a citizen;
(g) having been elected to the National Assembly, as an
independent candidate, joins a political party;
(h) is disqualified as a result of a decision of the Constitutional
Court; or
(i) dies.
(3) The office of a nominated Member of Parliament becomes
vacant if the member—
(a) resigns by notice, in writing, to the speaker;
(b) is disqualified under Article 70;
(c) acts contrary to a prescribed code of conduct;
(d) ceases to be a citizen;
(e) dies; or
(f) has the member’s nomination revoked by the President.