Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
[No. 2 of 2016
“ sitting ” means a meeting of the National Assembly, within
a session, which concludes with an adjournment, and
includes a parliamentary committee meeting;
“ Speaker ” means the person elected Speaker of the National
Assembly in accordance with Article 82 (1);
“ State institution ” includes a ministry or department of the
Government, a public office, agency, institution, statutory
body, commission or company in which the Government or
local authority has a controlling interest, other than a State
organ;
“ State office ” includes the office of President, VicePresident, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Member of
Parliament, Minister and Provincial Minister;
“ State officer ” means a person holding or acting in a State
office;
“ State organ ” means the Executive, Legislature or Judiciary;
“ statutory instrument ” means a proclamation, regulation,
rule, by-law, order or other similar legal instrument made
under a power conferred by this Constitution or an Act of
Parliament;
“ subordinate court ” means a court subordinate to the High
Court;
“ sub-national ” means an administrative division of
government at provincial or district level;
“ sub-structure ” includes a district, ward and village;
“ superior court ” means the Supreme Court, Constitutional
Court, Court of Appeal and High Court established in
accordance with this Constitution;
“ Supreme Court ” means the Supreme Court established in
this Constitution;
“ tax ” includes rates, levies, charges, tariffs, fees, tolls and
duties;
“ term ” means a period of five years commencing when the
National Assembly first sits, after a general election, and
ending when Parliament is dissolved;
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