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Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 3The functions of the Authority are(a) to grant licences to applicants under this Act;(b) to assist applicants for licences under this Act by providing ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 7(1) Subject to the Constitution and to any other enactment in force relating to the acquisition ofproperty, the President may, on the recommendati ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 8(1) A person shall not develop, or manage, or develop and manage a free zone unless it is a body corporate registered under the Companies Act, 196 ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 9(1) Subject to the Constitution, a free zone developer may, for the purpose of its activities,(a) acquire land within the area declared in respect ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 10 (1) A licensed developer may undertake or sub-contract the management, control and promotion of the free zone development in the declared area.( ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 11Subject to this Act, a person may apply for a licence to establish an enterprise in a free zone. ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 12(1) A person shall not carry on a trade, business or industry within a free zone unless it is registeredunder(a) the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179 ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 13 (1) A free zone enterprise has the right to produce any type of goods and services for export but shall not produce goods that are environmental ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 14A free zone enterprise may change its production lines and process as often as it considers necessary subject to the prior approval of the Board. ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 15 Application for licences to develop or operate an enterprise(1) An application for a licence to develop, manage or establish an enterprise in a ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 16(1) The Board may grant a licence authorising(a) the development or management or both of a free zone, or(b) the carrying on of a trade, business ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 17 The Board may attach to a licence the conditions that it considers appropriate concerning employment skills, development, impact on the environm ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 18 (1)The Board may revoke a licence where it is satisfied that there has been a breach of a condition attached to the licence.(2) The Board may, on the ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 19(1) The Board shall establish and maintain a register of licences granted under section 16.(2) There shall be entered in the register in respect ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 20A licensee shall not transfer a licence issued in respect of it to any other person without the prior approval of the Board. ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 21Except in so far as the laws are made applicable by the Regulations, the laws in force relating to the importation and exportation of goods and servic ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 22Subject to article 174 of the Constitution, the imports of a free zone developer, sub-contractor or enterprise into a free zone or single-factory zone ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 23(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, authorise the sales of up to thirty percent of the annual production of goods and services of a free ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 24(1) Sales of goods and services by a domestic enterprise from the national customs territory toenterprises in the free zone and single-factory zo ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 28(1)Subject to article 174 of the Constitution, free zone developers and enterprises granted licences under this Act are exempted from the payment of i ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 29(1) A foreign investor may take and hold a maximum of one hundred percent of the shares in a free zone enterprise.(2) A domestic investor may tak ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 30Subject to this section, an enterprise in a free zone shall be guaranteed unconditional transfer through an authorised dealer bank in free convertible ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 31(1) An enterprise in a free zone shall not be nationalised or expropriated by the Government, and a person who owns, whether wholly or in part, t ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 33(1) A free zone enterprise is permitted to operate a foreign currency account with banks in theRepublic.(2) The terms and conditions under which ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 34(1) Free zone developers and enterprises are free to negotiate and establish contracts of employment with employees that include wage scales, min ...

Free Zone Act, 1995 (Act 504).

Section 35(1) The Board shall issue identity cards to the employees of licensed operators in a free zone.(2) A person who enters or leaves a free zone may ...