“oath” includes affirmation; “prescribed oaths” means such oaths as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly in respect of the relevant office, and if no such oath is prescribed, means an oath of allegiance to The Gambia; “public elections” mean the election for a President, National Assembly and a local government authority: “public Enterprise” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 175; “public office” includes an office the emoluments attached to which are paid directly from the Consolidated Fund or directly out of moneys provided by an Act of the National Assembly, and the office of a member of a local government authority or the staff of a public Enterprise; “the public service” means subject to subsection (3) and (4) of section 166 a service declared to be, or established as, a public service by or under that section; “Session court” means the sitting of the National Assembly of the Gambia commencing when it first meets after a general election or after the adjournment of a session and ending when the session is adjourned or the National Assembly stands dissolved. “superior court” in relation to the courts of The Gambia, means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. (2) in this Constitution, unless a contrary intention appears(a) words importing natural persons shall include corporations; (b) words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural shall include the singular; (c) where a word is defined, other parts of speech and tenses of that word shall have the corresponding meaning; (d) words directing or empowering a public officer to do any act or thing, or otherwise applying to him or her by the designation of his or her officer, shall include his other successors in officer; (e) references to a subsection, paragraph, sub paragraph or item shall be construed as a reference to a sub section paragraph, sub-paragraph or item of the section, subsection, paragraph or sub-paragraph, as the case may be, in which the reference occurs.