INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005) assessors, means a magistrate as assisted by such assessors; “municipality” means a municipality established or deemed to have been established in terms of the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15], including a municipality that has been declared to be a city in terms of that or any other Act, and any reference to a municipal council, a municipal area or the area of a municipal council shall be construed accordingly; “oath” or “affidavit”, in the case of persons allowed by law to affirm instead of swearing, includes affirmation, and the expression “swear” in such a case includes “affirm”; “provincial council” means a provincial council established in terms of the Provincial Councils and Administration Act [Chapter 29:11]; “public holiday” or “holiday” means a public holiday specified in terms of subsection (1) or declared in terms of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act [Chapter 10:21]; “Public Service” means the Public Service referred to in subsection (1) of section 73 of the Constitution; “Public Service Commission” means the Public Service Commission referred to in subsection (1) of section 74 of the Constitution; “offence” means a criminal offence; “Parks and Wild Life Estate” means the Parks and Wild Life Estate as described in the Parks and Wild Life Act [Chapter 20:14]; ‘‘parks and wild life land” means parks and wild life land as described in the Parks and Wild Life Act [Chapter 20:14]; “person” or “party” includes— (a) any company incorporated or registered as such under an enactment; or “Registrar of Deeds” means any person who has the power to do any act or thing in a deeds registry in terms of subsection. (2) of section 4 of the Deeds Registries [Chapter 20:05]; “regulation”, “rule”, “by-law”, “order” or “notice” means respectively a regulation, rule, by-law, order or notice in force under the enactment under which it was made; “repeal” includes rescind, revoke and cancel; (b) any body of persons, corporate or unincorporated; or “rules of court”, when used in relation to any court, means rules made by the authority having for the time being power to make rules or orders regulating the practice and procedure of such court; (c) any local or other similar authority; “Police Force” means the Police Force referred to in section 93 of the Constitution; “police officer’’ means any Regular Force member as defined in section 2 of the Police Act [Chapter 11:10]; “rural district council” means a rural district council established in terms of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13], and any reference to a rural district council area or the area of a rural district council shall be construed accordingly; “primary court” means a primary court constituted in terms of the Customary Law and Local Courts Act [Chapter 7:05]; “prison” means a prison established under the Prisons Act [Chapter 7:11]; “Prison Service” means the Prison Service referred to in subsection (1) of section 99 of the Constitution; “sign”, with reference to a person who is unable to write his name, includes make his mark; "standard scale" means the standard scale of fines referred to in section 346A of the -6-