any one financial year for the purposes of effecting such prescribed
change;
"the Gazette" means the official Gazette of the Government of Zambia;
"High Court" means the High Court established by this Constitution;
"high judicial office" means the office of a judge of a court of unlimited
jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters in some part of the
Commonwealth or in the Republic of Ireland or the office of a court
having jurisdiction in appeals from such a court;
"House" means the National Assembly;
"meeting" means all sittings of the National Assembly held during a
period beginning when the National Assembly first sits after being
summoned at any time and terminating when the Assembly is adjourned
sine die or at the conclusion of a session;
"oath" includes affirmation;
"the oath of allegiance" means such oath of allegiance as may be
prescribed by law;
"paragraph" means a paragraph of the clause in which the word occurs;
"person" includes any company or association or body of persons,
corporate or unincorporate;
"public office" means an office of emolument in the public office;
"public officer" means a person holding or acting in any public office;
"the public service" subject to clauses (2) and (3) shall have the meaning
assigned to it by an Act of Parliament;
"session" means the sitting of the National Assembly beginning when it
first sits after the coming into operation of this Constitution or after
Parliament is prorogued or dissolved at any time and ending when
Parliament is prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued;
"sitting" means a period during which the National Assembly is sitting
without adjournment and includes any period during which it is in
committee;
"statutory instrument" means any proclamation, regulation, order, rule,
notice or other instrument, (not being an Act of Parliament) of a
legislative as distinct from an executive character; and
"Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Zambia established by
this Constitution.
(2) In this Constitution, references to offices in the public service shall
not be construed as including references to the offices of judges of the