Laws of Malawi

Public law and official guidance, published as research. Not legal, tax or financial advice.

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91 laws on this page

Agricultural Produce (Maize Marketing) Regulations (Cap. 65:05)

Regulation · Made 2008

Agricultural Produce (Marketing) Regulations (Cap. 65:05)

Regulation · Made 1987

Agriculture (General Purposes) Act (Cap. 65:05)

Act · Made 1987-06-01

Agriculture Sector Food and Nutrition Strategy (ASFNS) 2020 - 2024

policy · Made 2020-07

Biosafety Act (Cap. 60:03)

Act · Made 2002

Biosafety (Management of Genetically Modified Organisms) Regulations (Cap. 60:03)

Regulation · Made 2007

Cannabis Regulation Act, No. 6 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-04-30

Catalogue of Malawi Standards

Act · Made 2015

Control of Goods (Export Maize and Maize products) Order 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-12-23

Control of Goods (Export Mandate) Regulations, 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-06-04

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) Order (Cap. 18:08)

Regulation · Made 1967

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) Regulations (Cap. 18:08)

Regulation · Made 1967

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Commerce) Order (Cap. 18:08)

Regulation · Made 1967

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors Act (Cap. 65:03)

Act · Made 1970-12-10

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors (Delivery Quotas) Regulations (Cap. 65:03)

Regulation · Made 1971

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors (Graders’ Licensing) Regulations (Cap. 65:03)

Regulation · Made 1971

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors (Grading) Regulations (Cap. 65:03)

Regulation · Made 1971

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors (Licensed Auction Floors) Regulations (Cap. 65:03)

Regulation · Made 1971

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors (Rejection of Contaminated Tobacco) Regulations (Cap. 65:03)

Regulation · Made 1972

Control of Tobacco Auction Floors (Returns and Licences) Regulations (Cap. 65:03)

Regulation · Made 1971

Cotton Act (Cap. 65:04)

Act · Made 1951-08-27

Cotton (Auctions) Rules (Cap. 65:04)

Regulation · Made 1941

Cotton (Ginning and Baling) Rules (Cap. 65:04)

Regulation · Made 1954

Cotton (Licences and Fees) Rules (Cap. 65:04)

Regulation · Made 1949

Council for National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi Act (Cap. 30:06)

Act · Made 1987-12-01

Declaration of Noxious Weeds (Cap. 65:04)

Regulation · Made 1953

Farmers’ Stop-Order Act (Cap. 63:03)

Act · Made 1955

Farmers’ Stop-Order Regulations (Cap. 63:03)

Regulation · Made 1956

Fertilisers and Farm Feeds (Sterilization of Animal products) Regulations (Cap. 67:04)

Regulation · Made 1970

Fertilizer Act, 2023 (No. 13 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-02-18

Fertilizer, Farm Feeds and Remedies (Remedies) Regulations (Cap. 67:04)

Regulation · Made 1989

Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Act (Cap. 67:04)

Act · Made 1970

Fertilizers Regulations (Cap. 67:04)

Regulation · Made 1970

Food Security Policy

policy · Made 2006-08

General Notice made under the Special Crops Act (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1963

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

policy · Made 2015-09

Malawi Agricultural Sector Wide Approach - A prioritised and harmonised Agricultural Development Agenda: 2011-2015

policy · Made 2011-09

Malawi Growth and Development Strategy - from poverty to prosperity 2006-2011

policy · Made 2006

Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan II 2017-2022

policy · Made 2017

Malawi National Export Strategy (NES) 2013-2018

policy · Made 2012-12

Malawi National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2004

policy · Made 2004-06

Malawi's National Rice Development Strategy - 2 (NRDS-2) 2024-2030

policy · Made 2024

Malawi's Updated Nationally Determined Contributions - July 2021

policy · Made 2021-07

Malawi Tobacco Research Authority Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1980

National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP)

policy · Made 2018-01

National Agricultural Policy

policy · Made 2010-07

National Agriculture Policy

policy · Made 2016

National Agriculture Policy 2024

policy · Made 2024

National Contract Farming Strategy For Malawi

policy · Made 2007-07

National Forest Landscape Restoration (NFLR) Strategy

policy · Made 2018

National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the management of persistent organic pollutants

policy · Made 2005-12

National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019

National Resilience Strategy (2018-2030)

policy · Made 2018

National Seed Policy 2018

policy · Made 2018-04

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) for Malawi

policy · Made 2015-07

Notice made under section 2 of the Tobacco Act (Cap. 65:02)

Regulation · Made 1971

Notice specifying fertilizers for purposes of the Fertilizers Regulations (Cap. 67:04)

Regulation · Made 1970

Noxious Weeds Act (Cap. 64:02)

Act · Made 1936-10-31

Pesticides Act (Cap. 35:03)

Act · Made 2000

Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2018 (No. 8 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-02-01

Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 (G.N. No. 12 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-12-20

Pesticides (cess) Order, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-08-07

Pesticides Regulations (Cap. 35:03)

Regulation · Made 2002

Plant Breeder's Rights Act, 2018 (Act 20 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-08-24

Plant Protection Act, 1969 (No. 11 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-05-06

Repealed

Plant Protection Act 2018 (No. 19 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-08-20

Plant Protection (Export) Regulations (Cap. 64:01)

Regulation · Made 1969

Plant Protection (Fumigation) Regulations (Cap. 64:01)

Regulation · Made 1973

Plant Protection (Import) Regulations (Cap. 64:01)

Regulation · Made 1969

Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (Participation by micro, small and medium enterprises) Order 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-12-14

Seed Act, 1988 (Act No. 5)

Act · Made 1988-05-18

Repealed

Seed Act

Act · Made 1996

Seed Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-03-09

Smallholder Sugar Authority Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1978

Smallholder Tea Authority Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1967

Smallholder Tea Authority (Tea Levy) Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1985

Special Crops Act (Cap. 65:01)

Act · Made 1963-09-07

Special Crops Kasungu Flue-Cured Tobacco Authority Licensing Regulations (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1978

Special Crops (Licensing) Regulations (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1963

Special Crops (National Coffee Authority) Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1989

Special Crops (National Coffee Board) (Imposition of a Coffee Levy) Notice (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1991

Special Crops (Tree Nut Authority) Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1973

Tea Cess Act (Chapter 42:03)

Act · Made 1958-06-01

Tea Order (Cap. 65:01)

Regulation · Made 1968

Tobacco Act (Cap. 65:02)

Act · Made 1970-08-24

Tobacco (Control of Movement) Regulations (Cap. 65:02)

Regulation · Made 1971

Tobacco (Export) Regulations (Cap. 65:02)

Regulation · Made 1971

Tobacco Industry Act (No. 10 of 2019)

Act · Made 2019-02-19

Tobacco (Method of Curing) Regulations (Cap. 65:02)

Regulation · Made 1970

Tobacco (Rate of Cess) Order (Cap. 65:02)

Regulation · Made 1972

Tobacco (Registered Growers) Regulations (Cap. 65:02)

Regulation · Made 1970