office shall be addressed to the National Assembly, and in the case of an
elected or nominated member of the National Assembly his resignation
shall be addressed to the Speaker.
(2) The resignation of any person from any office established by this
Constitution shall take effect when the writing signifying the resignation
is received by the person or authority to whom it is addressed or by any
person authorised by that person or authority to receive it.
138. (1) Where any person has vacated any office established by this
Constitution he may, if qualified, be appointed or elected again
to hold that office in accordance with the provisions of this
Constitution.
Re-appointment
and concurrent
appointment
(2) Where a power is conferred by this Constitution upon any person to
make any appointment to any office, a person may be appointed to that
office notwithstanding that some other person may be holding that
office, when that other person is on leave of absence pending the
relinquishment of the office; and where two or more persons are holding
the same office by reason of an appointment made in pursuance of this
clause, then for the purposes of any function conferred upon the holder
of that office, the person last appointed shall be deemed to be the sole
holder of the office.
139. (1) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires"Act of Parliament" means a law enacted by Parliament;
"Article" means an Article of this Constitution;
"Chief" means a person who is recognised by the President under the
provisions of the Chiefs Act or any law amending or replacing that Act
as the Litunga of Western Province, a Paramount Chief, Senior Chief,
Chief or Sub-Chief or a person who is appointed as Deputy Chief;
"clause" means a clause of the Article in which the word occurs;
"the Commonwealth" includes any dependency of a country which is a
member of the Commonwealth;
"financial year" means the period of twelve months ending on the 31st
December in any year or on such other day as may be prescribed by or
under an Act of Parliament:
Provided that by or under an Act of Parliament prescribing a
day other than the 31st December as the terminal day of the financial
year the said period of twelve months may be extended or reduced for
Interpretation