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Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
“ Treasury ” means the office, in the Ministry responsible
for finance, which receives, keeps, receipts, manages and
disburses public funds;
“ Vice-President-elect ” means the person declared as having
been duly elected as a Vice-President after a presidential
election;
“ ward ” means a unit into which a district is divided for
purposes of electing councillors;
“ young person ” means a person who has attained the age of
fifteen years, but is below the age of nineteen years; and
“ youth ” means a person who has attained the age of nineteen
years, but is below the age of thirty-five years.
Interpretation
of
Constitution
267. (1) This Constitution shall be interpreted in accordance
with the Bill of Rights and in a manner that—
(a) promotes its purposes, values and principles;
(b) permits the development of the law; and
(c) contributes to good governance.
(2) If there is a conflict between the English version of this
Constitution and a different language version, the English version
shall prevail.
(3) A provision of this Constitution shall be construed according
to the doctrine that the law is continuously in force and accordingly—
(a) a function may be performed, as occasion requires, by
the person holding the office to which the function is
assigned;
(b) a reference to a person holding an office includes a
reference to the person lawfully performing the functions
of that office at a particular time;
(c) a reference to an office, State organ, State institution or
locality shall be read with any modification necessary
to make it applicable in the circumstances;
(d) a reference in a provision applying that provision to another
provision shall be read with any modification necessary
to make it applicable in the circumstances and any
reference to the modified provision shall apply as
modified; and