151 (i) is a statutory body, provincial or metropolitan council or local authority; or (ii) is responsible for administering the affairs of the statutory body, provincial or metropolitan council or local authority; ―member of Parliament‖ means a Senator or a member of the National Assembly; ―metropolitan council‖ means a council established by section 14.6 for a metropolitan province; ―metropolitan province‖ means Bulawayo Metropolitan Province or Harare Metropolitan Province, as the case may be; ―Minister‖ includes a person exercising the functions of a Minister, whatever their title; ―national legislation‖ means an Act of Parliament or a statutory instrument made under an Act of Parliament; ―oath‖ includes affirmation; ―offence‖ means a criminal offence; ―period of public emergency‖ means a period when a declaration of a state of public emergency under section 5.26 is in effect; ―person‖ means an individual or a body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated; ―President‖ means the President of Zimbabwe; ―President of the Senate‖ means the President of the Senate elected in terms of section 6.7; ―provincial council‖ means a council established by section 14.5 for a province other than a metropolitan province; ―public office‖ means a paid office in the service of the State; ―public officer‖ means a person holding or acting in a public office; ―security service‖ means a security service referred to in section 11.2; ―Senator Chief‖ means a chief elected to the Senate in terms of section 6.5(2)(b) or (c); ―sitting‖ means a period during which the Senate or the National Assembly is sitting continuously, including any period during which the Senate or the National Assembly, as the case may be, is in committee; ―sitting day‖ means any weekday which is prescribed in the Standing Orders of the National Assembly or the Senate, as the case may be, to be a sitting day, whether or not the House concerned meets on that day; ―Speaker‖ means the Speaker of the National Assembly elected in terms of section 6.11; ―Standing Orders‖, in relation to anything to be done by— (a) the Senate, means Standing Orders of the Senate; (b) the National Assembly, means Standing Orders of the National Assembly;