“oath” includes affirmation;
“prescribed oaths” means such oaths as may be prescribed by an
Act of the National Assembly in respect of the relevant office, and
if no such oath is prescribed, means an oath of allegiance to The
Gambia;
“public elections” mean the election for a President, National
Assembly and a local government authority:
“public Enterprise” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 175;
“public office” includes an office the emoluments attached to
which are paid directly from the Consolidated Fund or directly out
of moneys provided by an Act of the National Assembly, and the
office of a member of a local government authority or the staff of a
public Enterprise;
“the public service” means subject to subsection (3) and (4) of
section 166 a service declared to be, or established as, a public
service by or under that section;
“Session court” means the sitting of the National Assembly of the
Gambia commencing when it first meets after a general election or
after the adjournment of a session and ending when the session is
adjourned or the National Assembly stands dissolved.
“superior court” in relation to the courts of The Gambia, means
the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court.
(2)
in this Constitution, unless a contrary intention appears(a)
words importing natural persons shall include
corporations;
(b)
words in the singular shall include the plural and
words in the plural shall include the singular;
(c)
where a word is defined, other parts of speech and
tenses of that word shall have the corresponding
meaning;
(d)
words directing or empowering a public officer to
do any act or thing, or otherwise applying to him or
her by the designation of his or her officer, shall
include his other successors in officer;
(e)
references to a subsection, paragraph, sub paragraph
or item shall be construed as a reference to a sub
section paragraph, sub-paragraph or item of the
section, subsection, paragraph or sub-paragraph, as
the case may be, in which the reference occurs.