constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:49 (10) When a Constitutional Bill is presented to the President for assent and signature, it must be accompanied by-(a) a certificate from the Speaker that at its final vote in the National Assembly the Bill received the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the membership of the Assembly; and (a) a certificate from the President of the Senate that at its final vote in the Senate the Bill received the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the membership of the Senate. 329 Commencement of Constitution, transitional provisions and savings The Sixth Schedule applies to the commencement of this Constitution, the repeal of the former Constitution and the transition to the new constitutional order established by this Constitution. PART 3 INTERPRETATION 330 Application of Part 3 This Part applies to the interpretation of this Constitution unless the context otherwise requires. 331 General principles of interpretation of the Constitution Section 46 applies, with any necessary changes, to the interpretation of this Constitution apart from Chapter 4. 332 Definitions In this Constitution-• "Act of Parliament" means-(a) an enactment that has been passed by Parliament and then assented to and signed by the President in accordance with this Constitution; or (b) an enactment that was in force in Zimbabwe as an Act of Parliament immediately before the effective date, including-(i) any enactment 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 (ii) any enactment which, though omitted from the revised edition referred to in subparagraph (i), continued in force notwithstanding that omission; and (iii) any enactment enacted by the Parliament of Zimbabwe after the revised edition referred to in subparagraph (i) but before the effective date; • "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 15; • "Civil Service" has the meaning given to it by section 199; • "Commission" means a Commission established by this Constitution; • "Committee on Standing Rules and Orders" means the committee of that name established under section 151; • "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 162(a); Zimbabwe 2013 Page 140