PART 2 : GENERAL
Interpretation 230
(1)
In this Constitution, unless a contrary intention appears –
“An Act of the National Assembly” includes an Act of parliament
established under any previous Constitution of The Gambia and a
Decree of any former government
“All the members” in relation to the National Assembly, means all
the members for the time being of the National Assembly;
“Compulsory retirement age” has the meaning ascribed to it in
section 171.
“Court” means any court of law in The Gambia, including a court
martial;
“disciplined force” means the Police Force, the prison Service and
the Armed Forces;
“district tribunal” means a court established by the District
Tribunals Act or any Act of the National Assembly replacing that
Act;
“existing laws” means the laws in force in The Gambia
immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution,
other than any such laws which are repealed or abrogated on, or
immediately before, the coming into force of this Constitution;
“The Gazette” means the official gazette of the Government;
“The Government” means the executive government of The
Gambia;
“high judicial office” means the office of a judge of a court of
unlimited jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters, or of a court
with jurisdiction on appeal from such a court, in some part of the
Commonwealth or such other country as the National Assembly
may prescribe;
“judge” includes the Chief justice of the Supreme Court, a Justice
of the Court of Appeal and a Justice of the High Court;
“legal practitioner” means a person entitled to practise as such in
accordance with an Act of the National Assembly;
“local government authority” means a city council, a municipality
and an area council;
“Secretary of State” includes the Attorney-General;