CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005 [Definition as substituted by section 23 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] “Speaker” means the Speaker of Parliament elected in terms of section 39; [Definition as inserted by section 23 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] “statutory instrument” means any proclamation, rule, regulation, by-law, order, notice or other instrument having the force of law made by the President, a Vice-President, a Minister or any other person or authority under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament; [Definition as amended by section 15 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] “Supreme Court” means the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe; [Definition as inserted by section 10 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] “tax” includes duty or due; “Tribal Trust Land” ….. [Definition repealed by section 13 of Act 1 of 1983 - Amendment No. 3] “Vice-President” means a Vice-President of Zimbabwe; [Definition as inserted by section 18 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7 and as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] “voter”, in relation to an election to the office of President or to Parliament, means a person entitled to vote at that election by virtue of being registered on a voters’ roll; [Definition inserted by s. 19(a) of Act 5 of 2005 with effect from the 14th September, 2005.] “Zimbabwe” means the Republic of Zimbabwe. [Definition as inserted by section 15 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11] (2) Any reference in this Constitution, without qualification, to— (a) a section, Chapter or Schedule shall be read and construed as a reference to a section or Chapter of or Schedule to this Constitution; (b) a subsection shall be read and construed as a reference to a subsection of the section in which the reference is made; (c) a paragraph shall be read and construed as a reference to a paragraph of the Schedule, subsection or definition in which the reference is made; (d) a subparagraph shall be read and construed as a reference to a subparagraph of the paragraph or, as the case may be, of the subparagraph in which the reference is made. (3) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires— (a) words importing the masculine gender include the feminine; (b) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; (c) where a period of time is expressed— (i) to begin on or to be reckoned from a particular day, that day shall not be included in the period; (ii) to end on or to be reckoned to a particular day, that day shall be included in the period; Reissue 89 14th September, 2005