INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005) 29 Appointment of alternate members (1) Where an authority is conferred by or under any enactment to appoint a person as a member of or the person presiding over any tribunal, board, committee, council or commission or other similar body, such authority shall include the power to appoint a person as an alternate to the first-mentioned person. (2) Where any person has, in terms of any enactment as read with subsection (1), been appointed an alternate to any other person, any provision of that enactment referring to the person to whom he is alternate shall be read and construed as including a reference to the alternate: Provided that the alternate shall act as the person to whom he is alternate only when that person is unable for any reason to perform his duties. 30 Power of appointment subject to laws relating to Public Service Where any enactment confers a power to appoint a person to any office or post and the power is expressed to be subject to any law relating to the Public Service, the power shall not be construed as requiring that an officer or employee in the Public Service be appointed to that office or post. PART VII EVIDENCE 31 Evidence of exercise of statutory power (1) A certificate alleging the material particulars of anything of an administrative, judicial or executive character done in the exercise of a statutory power or duty shall, if purporting to be signed by the person authorized or required to do such thing, be received in any court, on production by any person and without further proof, as prima facie proof of the doing of such thing and of such particulars. (2) When any act, matter or thing is by an enactment directed to be done by the President or by any Minister, notification that such act, matter or thing has been done may, unless a specified instrument or method is by that enactment prescribed for the notification, be by notice published in the Gazette which shall for all purposes whatsoever be prima facie proof that such act, matter or thing has been done. 32 Evidence of enactments (1) It shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that any enactment which has been published in the Gazette or the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Government Gazette has been duly made, and all courts shall take judicial notice of any such enactment. (2) For the purpose of ascertaining the content of any enactment or other matter published in the Gazette or the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Government Gazette, reference may be made to a copy of the Gazette or the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Government Gazette, as the case may be, containing such enactment or other matter, or to a copy of such enactment or other matter purporting to be printed by or under the authority of the Government printer or by a person appointed or authorized to print matter for the Government of the former Federation, and either such copy shall be prima facie proof for all purposes whatsoever of the content of such enactment or other matter. (3) Any form upon which are printed words indicating that such form is prescribed by a statutory instrument shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been duly prescribed and judicial notice shall be taken of such form. (4) Where by any enactment it is provided that a statutory instrument may be made or that any appointment may be made or function performed with the approval or consent of, or after consultation with, the President, a Minister or any other authority, a notification in the - 14 -