CHAPTER 36 - INQUESTS ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Inquest (Post-Mortem and Witness Fees) Regulations
Inquest (Fees for Copies of Proceedings) Regulations
INQUESTS (POST-MORTEM AND WITNESS FEES) REGULATIONS
[Section 36]
[Currency mentioned in this regulation should be re-denominated as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 2012, read with S 29 of Bank of Zambia Act, 1996.]
Arrangement of Paragraphs
Paragraph
1. Title
2. Fees of medical practitioners
3. —
4. Allowance and expenses of witnesses
[Regulations by the Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance]
Act 13 of 1994,
GN 13 of 1939,
GN 244 of 1955,
GN 244 of 1964,
SI 368 of 1965.
These Regulations may be cited as the Inquests (Post-Mortem and Witness Fees) Regulations, and shall be deemed to have taken effect as from the commencement of the Act.
2. Fees of medical practitioners
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(1) A medical practitioner, other than a Government Medical Officer, carrying out an external inspection by order of a coroner or police officer (but not otherwise) shall receive a fee of one hundred and fifty eight fee units for the said inspection and such fee shall include the completion of the prescribed report to the coroner, but if the said practitioner is called upon to attend court to give evidence in relation to the said external inspection, he shall be entitled to a further fee of sixty-three fee units.
(2) A medical practitioner, other than a Government Medical Officer, carrying out a complete post-mortem examination by order of a coroner or police officer (but not otherwise) shall receive a fee of three hundred and fifteen fee units and such fee shall include the completion of the prescribed report to the coroner, but if the said practitioner is called upon to attend court to give evidence in relation to the said post-mortem examination, he shall be entitled to a further fee of one hundred and twenty six fee units.
[Am by SI 368 of 1965; Act 13 of 1994.]
Any reasonable travelling expenses, to be assessed by the coroner, which have been incurred by a medical practitioner, other than a Government Medical Officer, in complying with any service ordered to be performed by him shall be payable to such medical practitioner.
[Am by GN 244 of 1955; 244 of 1964.]
4. Allowance and expenses of witnesses
It shall be lawful for the coroner to order and allow to all persons, other than a Government Medical Officer, required to attend, or examined, as witnesses such sum or sums of money as shall seem fit, as well for defraying the reasonable expenses of such witnesses as for allowing them a reasonable compensation for their trouble and loss of time. But it shall not be lawful for any person to refuse to attend as a witness or to give evidence, when so required by lawful process, on the ground that his expenses have not been first paid.
[Am by GN 244 of 1955; 244 of 1964.]
INQUESTS (FEES FOR COPIES OF PROCEEDINGS) REGULATIONS
[Section 36]
[Currency mentioned in this regulation should be re-denominated as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 2012, read with S 29 of Bank of Zambia Act, 1996.]
Arrangement of Paragraphs
Paragraph
1. Title
2. Fees for copies of proceedings
3. No fee payable for Government department
4. Fees to be paid by means of revenue stamps
5. Endorsement of original record of proceedings
[Regulations by the Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance]
Act 13 of 1994,
GN 126 of 1963,
SI 72 of 1964.
These Regulations may be cited as the Inquests (Fees for Copies of Proceedings) Regulations.
2. Fees for copies of proceedings
Where a coroner or the Registrar of the High Court has granted an application by any person for a copy of any part of the record of proceedings in an inquest, the coroner or the Registrar shall certify the copy as a true copy and the applicant shall pay—
(a) two fee units for every one hundred words or part of one hundred words of the copy supplied to him; and
(b) a fee of eight fee units in respect of the certification of the copy as a true copy:
Provided that the coroner or the Registrar may, on account of the poverty of the applicant or for other good and sufficient reason, dispense with the payment of such fees in part or in whole, filing a copy of his order of dispensation with the original record of proceedings.
[Am by Act 13 of 1994.]
3. No fee payable for Government department
Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding regulation, no fee shall be payable under these Regulations by any person applying for a copy of any part of the record of proceedings in an inquest on behalf of a Government department.
4. Fees to be paid by means of revenue stamps
All fees hereby prescribed shall be paid by means of adhesive revenue stamps, issued by the Government, which shall be affixed to the original record of proceedings.
[Am by SI 72 of 1964.]
5. Endorsement of original record of proceedings
The original record of proceedings shall be endorsed with the name of the applicant and a statement of the part of the record of proceedings copied and supplied to him.{/mprestriction}