The objectives of the Anti-Corruption Bill are to:

(a)        continue the existence of the Anti-Corruption Commission and provide for its powers and functions;

(b)        provide for the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and punishment of corrupt practices and related offences; and

(c)        bring the law into conformity with the provisions of the regional and international conventions to which Zambia is a State party;

(d)        repeal and replace the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 1996; and

(e)        provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.