Constitution of Zambia 1991, as amended to 2016
Vice-President
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    1. The President shall appoint the Vice-President to be the Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly.
    … (Art. 74)
Vice-President
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    1. A person qualifies to be nominated as a candidate for election as President if that person—
    a. is a citizen by birth or descent;
    b. has been ordinarily resident in Zambia;
    c. is at least thirty-five years old;
    d. is a registered voter;
    e. has obtained, as a minimum academic qualification, a grade twelve certificate or its equivalent;
    f. is fluent in the official language;
    g. has paid that person’s taxes or has made arrangements, satisfactory to the appropriate tax authority, for the payment of the taxes;
    h. declares that person’s assets and liabilities, as prescribed;
    i. pays the prescribed election fee on, or before, the date fixed for the delivery of nomination papers; and
    j. is supported by at least one hundred registered voters from each Province.
    ... (Art. 100)
Vice-President
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    1. There shall be a Vice-President for the Republic who shall be the running mate to a presidential candidate in a presidential election.
    2. The qualifications and disqualifications applying to a presidential candidate apply to the person selected by the presidential candidate to be the running mate.
    3. An election to the office of Vice-President shall be conducted at the same time as that of an election to the office of President so that a vote cast for a presidential candidate is a vote cast for the running mate, and if the presidential candidate is elected, the running mate shall be considered to have been elected.
    ... (Art. 110)
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Part IV on Citizenship.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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These articles are from Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.