149 18.15 Definitions In this Constitution ―Act of Parliament‖ includes (a) any law included in the revised edition of the statute law of Zimbabwe prepared in 1996 under the authority of the Statute Law Compilation and Revision Act [Chapter 1:03]; and (b) any other Act; which was in force immediately before the appointed day; ―administrative conduct‖ includes any decision, act or omission of a public officer or of a person performing a function of a public nature, and a failure or refusal of such a person to reach such a decision or to perform such an act; ―amend‖ includes vary, alter, modify, add to, delete or adapt; ―by-election‖ means an election to fill a casual vacancy in Parliament or in a local authority; ―Chief‖ means a Chief referred to in Chapter 14; ―Civil Service‖ has the meaning given to it by section 10.1; ―Commission‖ means a Commission established by this Constitution; ―Committee on Standing Rules and Orders‖ means the committee of that name established under section 6.36; ―Communal Land‖ means land set aside under an Act of Parliament and held in accordance with customary law by members of a community under the leadership of a Chief; ―Constitutional Bill‖ means a Bill which, if enacted, would have the effect of amending any of the provisions of this Constitution; ―Constitutional Court‖ means the Constitutional Court established by section 8.1(a); ―constitutional matter‖ means a matter in which there is an issue involving the interpretation, protection or enforcement of this Constitution; ―customary law‖ means the customary law of any section or community of Zimbabwe’s people; ―disciplinary law‖ means a written law that regulates the discipline of members of a disciplined force, including part-time members, while they are rendering service in the force or in respect of their failure to render service in the force; ―disciplined force‖ means— (a) a naval, military or air force; (b) a police service; (c) a correctional service; or