Nyimba District Council (Timber Levy) By-laws, 2010 (S.I. No. 18 of 2010)

5th March, 2010 Statutory Instruments 61 GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 18 OF 2010 The Local Government Act (Laws, Volume 16, Cap 281) The Nyimba District Council (Timber Levy) By-Laws, 2010 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in section sixty-nine and seventy-six ofthe Local Government Act, the following By-Laws are hereby made: 1. These By-Laws may be cited as the The Nyimba District Title Council (Timber Levy) By,..Laws, 2010.. 2. In these By-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation "area" means the area under jurisdiction ofthe Council; "checkpoint" means any place within the area designed by the Council for the payment oftimber levy; "collector" means an officer or agent ofthe Council authorised to collect revenue for the Council; "Council" means the NyimbaDistrict Council. "timber" means the part ofany fellen or fallen tree which has been cut off, or can be cut off, to provide wood whether sawn, split, hewn, sliced, veneered or otherwise fashioned, which is sound and reasonably straight. 3. A person who sells timber within the area or exports timber from the area shall pay to the Council a timber levy at the rate of one hundred kwacha per cubic meter. 4. A person shall not sell within the area or export from the area any timber for which a timber levy has not been paid to the Council. Imposition of timber levy No sale or export of timber without payment of timber levy Copies ofthis Statutory Instrument can be obtainedfrom the Government Printer, p.o. Box 30136,10101 Lusaka, Price K1,OOOeach 62 Statutory Instruments 5th March, 2010 Place and time of payment of timber levy Offences and penalties 5. (1) A person shall pay to the collector a timber levy at the checkpoint. (2) The collector shall, immediately after receiving the timber levy, issue an official receipt for the payment. 6. (l) A person who contravenes these By-Laws commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction (a) in the case ofa first offence, to a fine not exceeding eighty penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both; and (b) in the case ofa second or subsequent offence, to a fine of sixteen penalty units for each day during which the contravention continues. (2) In addition to any penalty prescribed under sub-by-law (l), the court may order that any expenses incurred by the Council in consequence ofsuch contravention be paid by the person committing the offence. Made by the Nyimba District Council this 18th day ofFebruary, 2010. L.Moyo, Council Chairman, Nyimba District Council T. MAMBALAKArA, Council Secretary, Nyimba District Council Confirmed by me this 18th day ofFebruary, 2010. LUSAKA 18th February, 2010 [MLGH.l 0 1/30/61] DR.E.KAzONGA, Minister of Local Government and Housing