PASSPORT Section 12 of the Passport Act No. 28 of 2016 permits the Chief Passports and Citizenship Officer to cancel a Zambian passport on grounds on which it may be confiscated the same under section 11 of the Act.
Section 12(2) of the Act expressly requires the Chief Passports and Citizenship Officer , upon cancelling a passport, to inform the holder and give reasons for the cancellation within 14 days.
Section 12(3) of the Act further provides and we quote:- 
“A person whose passport or travel document is cancelled shall within twenty one days of the cancellation, surrender the passport or travel documents to the Chief Passports and Citizenship Officer, the nearest immigration office, police station or passport office.
Section 21 further provides and we quote :-
(1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to submit or surrender a passport…..
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction ….”
SJ Esq
