CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE 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; “money” includes all coined money, whether current in Zimbabwe or not, and all bank-notes, bank-drafts, cheques, orders or warrants or any other authorities whatever for the payment of money; “National Director of Public Prosecutions” means the National Director of Public Prosecutions appointed in terms of section 8 of the National Prosecuting Authority Act [Chapter 7:20]; [Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act No. 2 of 2016] “night” or “night-time”, when used in contra-distinction to “day” or “day-time”, means the space of time between sunset and sunrise; “offence” means an act or omission punishable by law; “peace officer” includes— (a) any magistrate or justice; (b) the Sheriff or any deputy sheriff; (c) any police officer; (d) any prison officer; (e) any immigration officer; (f) any inspector of mines; (g) any— (i) chief, within his area; and (ii) headman, within his chief’s area; and (iii) village head, within the area of his village; and (iv) chief’s messenger or headman’s messenger, within the chief’s area; as defined in the Traditional Leaders Act [Chapter 29:17]; [Paragraph substituted by s. 52 of Act No. 25 of 1998.] (h) any other person designated by the Minister by a statutory instrument; “person” and “owner” and other like terms, when used with reference to property or acts, include corporations of all kinds, and any other association of persons capable of owning or holding property or doing acts and they also, when relating to property, include any department of the State; “premises” includes, in addition to any land, building or structure, any vehicle, conveyance, ship or boat; “property” includes everything animate or inanimate, corporeal or incorporeal, capable of being the subject of ownership; “public prosecutor” means the Prosecutor-General or a person who has the ProsecutorGeneral’s authority to institute and conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the State; [Definition substituted by s. 2 of Act No. 2 of 2016] “sexual offence” means⎯ (a) for the purpose of section 278, any of the following offences or an attempt to commit any of the following offences— (i) rape (ii) aggravated indecent assault; (iii) sexual intercourse or performing an indecent act with a young person; (iv) sodomy; (v) sexual intercourse within a prohibited degree of relationship; (vi) deliberate infection of another with a sexually transmitted disease; (vii) deliberate transmission of HIV; (viii) coercing or inducing a person for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct; (b) for the purpose of section 302A, any of the following offences or an attempt to commit any of the following offences— (i) rape 13