CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
a naval, military or air force;
a police force;
a prison service; or
any other body established for public purposes
by or under an Act of Parliament providing for
the regulation of the discipline of that body
and declared by that Act to be a disciplined
force for the purposes of this definition;
“Electoral Law” means the Act of Parliament
having effect for the purposes of section 58 (4) which
is for the time being in force;
“financial year” means the period of twelve
months ending on 30th June in any year;
“Gazette” means the official Gazette of the Government;
“General Division”
thereon until such date as may be declared by
the President, by proclamation in the Gazette,
as the end of the period of public emergency
caused by that war; or
[Definition repealed by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990]
“general election” means a general election of the
members of Parliament;
[Definition as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990]
“Government” means the Government of Zimbabwe;
“High Court” means the High Court of Zimbabwe
and, in section 18 (6) (b), includes the Supreme
Court;
[Definition as inserted by section 10 of Act 25 of 1981]
“law” means—
(a) any provision of this Constitution or of an Act
of Parliament;
(b) any provision of a statutory instrument; and
(c) any unwritten law in force in Zimbabwe,
including African customary law;
[Paragraph as amended by section 15 of Act 30 of 1990]
and “lawful” and “lawfully” shall be construed
accordingly;
“legal practitioner” means a person who has been
duly admitted to practise the profession of law in
Zimbabwe and who has the right of audience to
represent other persons before all courts in which the
right to be legally represented is permitted;
[Definition as inserted by section 10 of Act 25 of 1981]
“local authority” means any council or other such
body established by or under any law to regulate the
affairs of any local community and to make statutory
instruments for that purpose;
“local court” means any court constituted by or
under a written law for the purpose of applying
African customary law;
“Mashonaland”
[Definition repealed by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990]
“Matabeleland”
[Definition repealed by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990]
“member”, in relation to a disciplined force, includes any person who, in terms of any disciplinary
law relating to that force, is subject to that discipline;
“Minister”
[Definition repealed by section 18 of Act 23 of 1987]
“Money Bill”
[Definition repealed by section 23 of Act 31 of 1989]
“oath” includes affirmation;
“period of public emergency” means—
(a) any period when Zimbabwe is engaged in any
war and the period immediately following
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