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“credit” means any loan, advance or other disbursement of a sum of money in exchange
for a right to repayment of the amount disbursed and to the payment of interest or
other charges on such amount;
“culpable person” means any person identified by the administrator as a culpable person
in terms of section 9(1)(b);
“financial institution” means—
(a)
any banking institution registered or required to be registered in terms of the
Banking Act [Chapter 24:20]; or
(b)
any building society registered or required to be registered in terms of the
Building Societies Act [Chapter 24:02]; or
(c)
the People’s Own Savings Bank established in terms of the People’s Own
Savings Bank of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 24:22]; or
(d)
the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe referred to in section 4 of the Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 22:15]; or
(e)
an asset manager as defined in the Asset Management Act [Chapter 24:26]; or
(f)
a collective investment scheme as defined in section 3 of the Collective
Investment Schemes Act, 1997; or
(g)
any person who carries on a business of acceptance of deposits and other
repayable funds from the public;
“interim board” means the board of directors in which the management of a
reconstructed company is vested in terms of section 23(1)(m);
“member”, in relation to a company, means⎯
(a)
a shareholder, debenture-holder or other person having a right to vote at
meetings of the company; or
(b)
any contributory as defined in section 202 of the Act;
"Minister" means the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs or any other
Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of
this Act;
“public funds” means funds held by or on behalf of the State (whether or not
appropriated by Act of Parliament) and includes the funds of any statutory
corporation or State-controlled company;
“reconstructed company” means a company that has been reconstructed in accordance
with a scheme of reconstruction, and includes a company formed in succession to a
company under reconstruction that was dissolved;
“reconstruction”, in relation to a company, means the reconstruction of the company in
accordance with a reconstruction order or a scheme of reconstruction;
“reconstruction order” means a reconstruction order issued in terms of section 4;
“Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe” means the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe referred to in
section 4 of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 24:22];