Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) (a) in respect of the financial year which began on the 1st July, 1997, the period of eighteen months ending on the 31st December, 1998; (b) in respect of every subsequent financial year, the period of twelve months ending on the 31st December; [Definition as substituted by section 3 of Act No. 10 of 1998 – Amendment No. 15.] “Gazette” means the official Gazette of the Government; “General Division” … [Definition repealed by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990 – Amendment No. 10] “general election” means a general election of the members of Parliament; [Definition as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 – Amendment No. 10] “Government” means the Government of Zimbabwe; “High Court” means the High Court of Zimbabwe; [Definition as inserted by section 10 of Act 25 of 1981 – Amendment No. 2 and amended by section 15 of Act No. 14 of 1996 – Amendment No. 14] “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 – Amendment No. 11] 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 – Amendment No. 2] “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 authority area” means an area the limits of which have been fixed in terms of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] or the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15] or any other laws substituted for the same; [Definition inserted by section 31 of Act 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] “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constituted by or under a written law for the purpose of applying African customary law; “Mashonaland” … [Definition repealed by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990 – Amendment No. 10] “Matabeleland” … [Definition repealed by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990 – Amendment No. 10] - 104 -