CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] “knowingly”, used in connexion with any term denoting uttering or using, implies knowledge of the character of the thing uttered or used; “local authority”deleted by Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch; “maim” means the destruction or permanent disabling of any external or internal organ, member or sense; “misdemeanour” means any offence which is not a felony; “money” includes bank notes, currency notes, bank drafts, cheques and any other orders, warrants or requests for the payment of money; “night” or “night-time” means the interval between half-past six o’clock in the evening and half-past six o’clock in the morning; “oath” includes affirmation or declaration; “offence” means an act, attempt or omission punishable by law; “person employed in the public service” means any person holding, or performing with authority the duties of, any of the following offices (whether as principal or as deputy, and whether such service is permanent or temporary, paid or unpaid)— (a) any office the holder of which is appointed or removed by the President or by any public commission; (b) any office the holder of which is appointed, elected or otherwise selected in pursuance of some written law; (c) any office the holder of which is appointed by any person or persons holding, or performing with authority the duties of, an office of one of the kinds specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes— (i) an arbitrator or umpire in any proceeding or matter submitted to arbitration by order or with the sanction of any court or in pursuance of some written law; (ii) every member of a Commission of Inquiry or of a tribunal appointed or selected in pursuance of some written law; (iii) any person in the service of the disciplined forces; (iv) any person in the employment of the Government, the Community or any local authority; (v) any person employed to execute any process of a court; (vi) any person acting as a minister of religion, in respect of the exercise by him of any functions relating to the notification of intending marriage, or the solemnization of marriage, or the making or keeping of any register or certificate of marriage, birth, baptism, death or burial, but not in any other respect; “police force” includes the Force defined in section 2 of the Police Act (Cap. 84), and the Administration Police Force established under the Administration Police Act (Cap. 85); and “police officer” shall be construed accordingly; [Issue 1] P6-17