INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005) 33. Time. 34. Distance. PART IX MISCELLANEOUS 35. Amendment of enactments. 36. Regulations, rules and by-laws to be placed before Parliament. 37. Assignment of Vice-Presidential or Ministerial functions. 38. Transfer of functions of State employees. 39. Validity of acts done before assignment or transfer of functions. 40. Service of documents. 41. Affirmation in lieu of an oath. AN ACT to define certain terms when used in legislative enactments; to make provision with respect to the operation, commencement and interpretation of legislative enactments; to shorten the language of legislative enactments; and for other purposes. [Date of commencement: 1st November, 1962.] PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Interpretation Act [Chapter 1:01]. (c) are in such enactment declared not applicable thereto. (2) Nothing in this Act shall exclude the application to any enactment of any rule of construction applicable thereto and not inconsistent with this Act. 2 Application of this Act (1) The provisions of this Act shall extend and apply to every enactment as defined in this Act, including this Act, which was in force in Zimbabwe immediately before the 1st November, 1962, or thereafter comes into force in Zimbabwe, except in so far as any such provisions— (a) are inconsistent with the intention or object of such enactment; or (b) would give to any word, expression or provision of any such enactment an interpretation inconsistent with the context; or PART II DEFINITIONS 3 Definitions (1) In every Act— “Minister” means a Minister of the Government; “prescribed” means prescribed by the Act or by statutory instrument made thereunder; “this Act” includes any statutory instrument made and in force under the Act. (2) In all statutory instruments— -3-