Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit

Service documentation · Republic of Zambia · GSB e-Services

Owner	Forestry Department
Service key	MGEE/produce-conveyance-permit
Version	service v1, platform 86947eee
Date	2026-10-21

Generated automatically by the service's end-to-end test run. Every screenshot shows synthetic test data on a local test installation, never real personal data.

This document describes the Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit service of Forestry Department as the platform runs it today. It is generated by the service's end-to-end test: every step below was performed by the test, and every screenshot was taken during that run with synthetic data. Regenerate it with npm run docs:services in the e2e suite; do not edit it by hand.

1. Service summary

Item	Detail
Service	Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit
Owner (MDA)	Forestry Department (MGEE)
Purpose	The Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit is issued to authorize a citizen to convey forest produce.
Who can apply	Individual; Organization
How to apply	Online on the national e-Services portal, signed in with ZamPass; pay with ZamPay.
Fees	Fee set by the office: (variable)
Turnaround	2 days
Validity of the output	14 days
Required documents	Forestry Concession Licence (required) National Registration Card (NRC) (required) Forestry Production Permit (required) Certificate of Incorporation / ZDA (if company, church, society) (required)
Output documents	Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit Approval letter Application form GS-2 Notice of Government Action
Legal basis	The Forest Act No. 4 of 2015 (http://www.parliament.gov.zm/node/4535) Lands Act Cap 184 of 1995 (http://www.parliament.gov.zm/sites/default/files/documents/acts/Lands%20Act.pdf) SI No. 52 of 2013 (http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/zam133574.pdf) SI no. 50 of 2016 Specifies the fee schedules (https://www.enotices.co.zm/download/statutory-instrument-no-050-of-2016-the-forest-concession-licence-regulations-pdf/)

2. Application process, step by step

The process as configured in the back office:

Step	Role	Task	Type
1	Applicant	Apply	form
2	System	Generate Document	generate-document
3	Case Officer	Review	review
4	Supervisor	Review	review
5	Executive	Approve	approve
6	Case Officer	Verify Payment	verify-payment
7	Executive	Decision	decision
8	System	Generate Document	generate-document
9	System	Notify Client	notify

Who takes part in this journey: Citizen.

Step 1. Start the conveyance application

Citizen · National e-Services portal

The citizen gives the permit the produce comes from (felling, production or concession licence) and the produce lines. The source permit must be on record, in force and the applicant's own.

Step 2. Send a conveyance of 4 m³ from the felling permit

Citizen · National e-Services portal (sent through the API the portal uses in the test run: no screenshot)

Sent through the API the portal uses. The 4 m³ are held against what the felling permit still allows (one allowance per species); a source permit that is not on record is refused (case MGEE-FPCP/00001/10-22-26 in this run).

Step 3. Ask for more than is left

Citizen · National e-Services portal (sent through the API the portal uses in the test run: no screenshot)

Asking for 9 m³ when 6 are left is accepted with a warning to the Forestry Department's supervisors, and only what is left is held (the rule can be set to refuse instead). The officers then process the case (not yet driven by this journey).

3. Payment

Not recorded for this service.

4. Output documents

Not recorded for this service.

5. Notifications

No notifications were recorded in the test run.

6. Legacy mapping

Item	Detail
Replaces	Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit in the legacy ZIGS e-Services directory (ZIGS_Services)
Legacy service id	158
Legacy provider	Forestry Department (MGEE) under Ministry of Green Economy and Environment
Legacy process	LicenseReview (process 9)
Fee in the legacy system	none
Fee taken before submission	yes (as in ZIGS)
Time to issue (legacy)	New: 2 calendar days
Legacy output templates	Forestry Produce Conveyance Permit: ZIGS_Forms_MGEE / MGEE_ForestryProduceConveyance.Certificate Approval letter: ZIGS_Forms_MGEE / MGEE_ForestryProduceConveyance.ApprovalLetter Application form: ZIGS_Forms_MGEE / MGEE_ForestryProduceConveyance.Application GS-2 Notice of Government Action: ZIGS_Forms_Notices / GS-2.NoticeOfAction
Legacy address	none recorded
How it was brought over	Imported by the platform's legacy catalogue importer (zcm-backend scripts/zigs/importLegacy.js) from the ZIGS snapshot: form, case types, fees, documents, process and output templates, then served by the new platform.

7. Version and date

Item	Detail
Document version	service v1, platform 86947eee
Generated	2026-10-21T23:44:18Z (by the end-to-end run, not edited by hand)
Service version	not versioned (configured directly)
Platform snapshot	backend 86947eee portal 8d4a375 back office 8b37374
Test suite	e2e f4407ea; one installation (combined); seed profile mihud
Journeys	16-forestry-felling-conveyance.spec.js: citizen: conveys timber from the felling permit; the ledger holds it, an excess is flagged - passed
Result	1 of 1 journey tests passed
Data	Synthetic test data on a local test installation; provider test doubles for ZamPass, ZamPay, SMS and signing.