Friday, 16th April, 2021

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA
 
FIFTH SESSION OF THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY
 
ORDER PAPER – FRIDAY, 16TH APRIL, 2021
 
AT 0900 HOURS
 
 
HER HONOUR THE VICE PRESIDENT’S QUESTION TIME (30 MINUTES)
 
 
PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILLS
 
The Minister of Health
 
The Cannabis - Bill to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, production, storage, distribution, import and export of cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research purposes; designate the Lead Agency for the licensing of cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research purposes; provide for security measures for the cultivation, manufacture, production, storage, distribution, import and export of cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research purposes; provide for  the constitution of the National Cannabis Coordinating Committee and provide for its functions; domesticate the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing. (N.A.B 31/2021)
 
 
The Minister of Agriculture
 
The Industrial Hemp - Bill to provide for the licensing of growers, processors, distributors, buyers, exporters of and researchers on industrial hemp; provide for the production and multiplication of industrial hemp; provide for the import and export of industrial hemp; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.          (N.A.B 32/2021)
 
 
The Minister of Home Affairs
 
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - Bill to provide for the functions of the Drug Enforcement Commission; revise and consolidate the law relating to narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals; provide for special measures relating to the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse; repeal and replace the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1993, domesticate the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971, the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1998 and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, 2003; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.          (N.A.B 33/2021)
 
 
The Minister of Justice
 
The Acts of Parliament (Amendment) - Bill to amend the Acts of Parliament
Act.                                                                                            (N.A.B 34/2021)
 
 
The Minister of Home Affairs
 
The Zambia Correctional Service - Bill to continue the existence of the Zambia Prisons Service and rename it as the Zambia Correctional Service and redefine its functions; provide for the establishment, management and control of prisons and correctional centres; provide for the correction and reformation of inmates; establish the Directorate of Extension Services and provide for its functions; provide for compulsory aftercare orders; establish the National Parole Board and provide for its functions; domesticate the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners; repeal and replace the Prisons Act, 1965; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.          (N.A.B 35/2021)
 
NOTICE OF MOTION
 
Mr Kunda
 
Adopt Report of the Public Accounts Committee: That this House do adopt the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Report of the Auditor General on the Accounts of the Republic for the Financial Year Ended 31st December, 2019, for the Fifth Session of the Twelfth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 1st April, 2021.
 
ORDERS OF THE DAY
 
1 The Electoral Process (Amendment) Bill          (N.A.B 30/2021)
                                                                             Second Reading
 
2 The Zambia Institute for Tourism and Hospitality          (N.A.B 29/2021)
Studies (Amendment) Bill                                                 Third Reading
 
 
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