INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005) Gazette or Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Government Gazette stating that such approval or consent has been given, or that consultation has taken place, shall be prima facie proof for all purposes whatsoever of such approval, consent or consultation. PART VIII TIME AND DISTANCE (d) a reference without qualification to a year shall be construed as a reference to a period of twelve months. 34 Distance In the measurement of any distance for the purposes of any enactment, that distance shall be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane. 33 Time PART IX (1) Words in an enactment relating to time, and references therein to a point of time, shall be construed as relating to standard time as used in Zimbabwe, that is to say, two hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time. MISCELLANEOUS 35 Amendment of enactments (1) An Act may be amended or repealed in the same session of Parliament as that in which it was passed. (2) Where in an enactment a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall not be included in the period. (3) Where in an enactment a period of time is expressed to end on, or to be reckoned to, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period. (4) Where the time limited by an enactment for the doing of any thing expires or falls upon a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday, the time so limited shall extend to, and the thing may be done on, the first following day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday. (5) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) shall apply whether or not the number of days concerned is expressed to be clear days. (6) In an enactment— (a) a reference to midnight in relation to any particular day shall be construed as a reference to the point of time at which that day ends; (b) a reference to a weekday shall be construed as a reference to any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday; (c) a reference to a month shall be construed as a reference to a calendar month; (2) An amending enactment shall, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, operate and be construed as part of any enactment which it amends and, without prejudice to subsection (2) of section ten, shall, as from the date on which it comes into operation, have effect accordingly for the purpose of the construction and operation of any other enactment which refers to, or is incorporated with, the provision which it amends. 36 Regulations, rules and by-laws to be placed before Parliament Where the President, a Minister or any other person or body is by any enactment authorized to make regulations, rules or by-laws for purposes stated in such enactment, copies of such regulations, rules or by-laws shall be laid before Parliament on one of the thirty days on which Parliament next sits after the publication of such regulations, rules or by-laws in the Gazette. 37 Assignment of Vice-Presidential or Ministerial functions (1) Where under any Act functions are conferred or imposed on a Vice-President, the President, acting in terms of section 31D of the - 15 -