disfigurement, or to any permanent or serious injury to any
external or internal organ, membrane or sense;
(g) “harm” means any bodily hurt, disease or disorder whether
permanent or temporary;
(h) “husband” means husband of a monogamous marriage;
(i) “judicial proceeding” includes any proceeding had or taken in or
before any court, tribunal, commission of inquiry or person, in
which evidence may be taken on oath;
(j) “knowingly”, used in connection with any term denoting uttering
or using, implies knowledge of the character of the thing uttered
or used;
(k) “local authority” means a local authority established under any
written law;
(l) “maim” means the destruction or permanent disabling of any
external or internal organ, membrane or sense;
(m) “Minister” means Attorney General;
(n) “misdemeanour” means any offence which is not a felony;
(o) “money” includes bank notes, bank drafts, cheques and any other
orders, warrants or requests for the payment of money;
(p) “monogamous marriage” means a marriage which is by law
necessarily monogamous and binding during the lifetime of both
parties unless dissolved by a valid judgment of the court;
(q) “night” or “nighttime” means the interval between half-past six
o’clock in the evening and half-past six o’clock in the morning;
(r) “oath” includes affirmation or declaration;
(s) “offence” is an act, attempt or omission punishable by law;
(t) “person” and “owner” and other like terms when used with
reference to property include corporations of all kinds and any
other association of persons capable of owning property, and also
when so used include the Government;
(u) “person employed in the public service” means any person
holding any of the following offices or performing the duty of the
office, whether as a deputy or otherwise—
(i) any civil office the power of appointing a person to which
or of removing from which is vested in any person or in any
public commission or board;
(ii) any office to which a person is appointed or nominated by
any written law;
(iii) any civil office, the power of appointing to which or
removing from which is vested in any person or persons
holding an office of any kind included in paragraph (i) or
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