Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "abuse of office" means doing or directing to be done an arbitrary act prejudicial to the interest of a public body or a company in which the Government has shares or abuse of authority of a persons' office; "chauffer driven vehicle" means a four wheel vehicle driven by an official driver; "child" means a person below the age of eighteen years and includes an adopted child; "currency point" has the value assigned to it in the first schedule;
"extra judicial killing" means the killing of a human being not in accordance with the law;
"four wheel vehicle" means a vehicle with four axles;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for public service;
"security guard" means a police officer assigned duties by the Inspector General of Police for purposes of guarding the person and residence of the former President, former Vice President and former Prime Minister as the case may be;
"spouse" means a wife or husband;
"subversive action" means an action or omission that is prejudicial to, or undermines the security of the State;
"vehicle" means-
in case of a President, a 4000 to 5000 cc vehicle;
in case of a Vice President, a 3500 to 4000 cc vehicle; and
in case of a Prime Minister, a 3000 to 3500 cc vehicle.
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This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “Interpretation”.
“In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "abuse of office" means doing or directing to be done an arbitrary act prejudicial to the interest of a public body or a company in which the Government has shares or abuse of authority of a persons' office; "chauffer driven vehicle" means a four wheel vehicle driven by an official driver; "child" means a person below the age of eighteen years and includes an adopted child; "currency point" has the value assigned to it in the first schedule;”
Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “Interpretation”.
Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.
- "extra judicial killing" means the killing of a human being not in accordance with the law;
- "four wheel vehicle" means a vehicle with four axles;
- "Minister" means the Minister responsible for public service;
- "security guard" means a police officer assigned duties by the Inspector General of Police for purposes of guarding the person and residence of the former President, former Vice President and former Prime Minister as the case may be;
- "spouse" means a wife or husband;
- "subversive action" means an action or omission that is prejudicial to, or undermines the security of the State;
- "vehicle" means-
Express propositions in source-matched passages from judgments citing this section.
No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.
No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.
No section-specific amendment note or instrument-level amendment history appears in this consolidation.