"Minister" includes a person exercising the functions of a Minister, whatever his or her title; "Money Bill" means a Bill that contains provisions dealing with– (a) the appropriation of money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or from some other fund vested in or controlled by the Government; or (b) the imposition of a tax for the benefit of the State or the Government; "oath" includes affirmation; "period of public emergency" means a period when a declaration of a state of public emergency under section one hundred is in effect; "person" means an individual or a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporated; "President" means the President of Zimbabwe; "provincial council" means a provincial council established under an Act of Parliament referred to in section two hundred and forty-five; "Provincial Governor" means a Provincial Governor referred to in section two hundred and forty-four; "public office" means a paid office in the service of the State; "public officer" means a person holding or acting in a public office; "Public Service" has the meaning given to it by section one hundred and eighty; "session" means the sittings of Parliament beginning when Parliament first meets after a prorogation or dissolution and ending when Parliament is next prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued; "sitting" means a period during which the Senate or the National Assembly is sitting continuously, including any period during which the Senate or the National Assembly, as the case may be, is in committee; "sitting day" means any weekday which is prescribed in the Standing Orders of the Senate or the National Assembly, as the case may be, to be a sitting day, whether or not the Senate or the National Assembly meets on that day; "Speaker" means the Speaker of the National Assembly elected in terms of section one hundred and twelve; "Standing Orders" means rules or orders made in terms of section one hundred and thirtytwo; "statutory body" means– (a) a Commission established by this Constitution; or (b) a body corporate established directly by or under an Act of Parliament for special purposes specified in that Act, whose membership consists wholly or mainly of persons appointed by the President, a Minister, another statutory body or by a Commission established by this Constitution; “statutory instrument" means any document that has the force of law and that is made by the President, a Minister or any other person or authority under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament, and includes Standing Orders; - 97 -