(b) in relation to an accused person under the age of sixteen who is assisted by his natural or legal guardian, that guardian; (c) in relation to an accused person whom a court has in terms of section one hundred and ninetyone permitted to be assisted by another person, that other person; “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; “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 amended by section 52 of Act 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” includes any person delegated generally or specially by the Attorney-General under this Act; “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; (ii) aggravated indecent assault; (iii) sexual intercourse or performing an indecent act with a young person, involving any penetration of any part of his or her or another person’s body that involves a risk of transmission of HIV; (iv) deliberate transmission of HIV; [Definition inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 2006.] “statutory capital offence” means an offence where any enactment requires that the person convicted of such offence shall be sentenced to death; “suitably qualified nurse” means a State certified nurse, paediatric nurse, State certified traumatology nurse or general registered nurse registered as such in terms of the Health Professions Act [Chapter 27:19] (No.6 of 2000); [Definition inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 2006.]