The Lusaka High Court denied Ndozo Lodge’s request for permission to file a judicial appeal against a restriction notice the Anti-Corruption Commission had placed on their bank accounts. Ndozo Lodge Limited, Ndozo Trading Company Limited, Mulozi Trading Company Limited, and Salifya Marketing Company Limited sued the Commission in an application before High Court Judge Suzane…
The Lusaka High Court denied Ndozo Lodge’s request for permission to file a judicial appeal against a restriction notice the Anti-Corruption Commission had placed on their bank accounts.
Ndozo Lodge Limited, Ndozo Trading Company Limited, Mulozi Trading Company Limited, and Salifya Marketing Company Limited sued the Commission in an application before High Court Judge Suzane Wanjelani, requesting permission to begin judicial review against a restriction notice the Commission issued under Section 60 (5) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012.
Before the ACC Director-General restricted the companies’ bank accounts owned by Investrust Bank PLC, Standard Chartered Bank PLC, and Zambia National Commercial Bank PLC, the companies contended that they should have been given a chance to be heard.
Judge Wanjelani, however, decided that the application’s mode of initiation was incorrect since it did not comply with the law’s rules in her decision made on June 29 of this year.
the court ruled.
“The Commission has been investigating matters in relation to the above-mentioned firms and it became necessary to restrict their bank accounts as a common practice. This is provided for under section 60 of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012 which gives the Director-General powers to issue a Restriction Notice to preserve and protect any property which is a subject of an investigation,”
This is per Queen Chibwe, ACC spokesman, in a statement.
