PART 2 : GENERAL Interpretation 230 (1) In this Constitution, unless a contrary intention appears – “An Act of the National Assembly” includes an Act of parliament established under any previous Constitution of The Gambia and a Decree of any former government “All the members” in relation to the National Assembly, means all the members for the time being of the National Assembly; “Compulsory retirement age” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 171. “Court” means any court of law in The Gambia, including a court martial; “disciplined force” means the Police Force, the prison Service and the Armed Forces; “district tribunal” means a court established by the District Tribunals Act or any Act of the National Assembly replacing that Act; “existing laws” means the laws in force in The Gambia immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, other than any such laws which are repealed or abrogated on, or immediately before, the coming into force of this Constitution; “The Gazette” means the official gazette of the Government; “The Government” means the executive government of The Gambia; “high judicial office” means the office of a judge of a court of unlimited jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters, or of a court with jurisdiction on appeal from such a court, in some part of the Commonwealth or such other country as the National Assembly may prescribe; “judge” includes the Chief justice of the Supreme Court, a Justice of the Court of Appeal and a Justice of the High Court; “legal practitioner” means a person entitled to practise as such in accordance with an Act of the National Assembly; “local government authority” means a city council, a municipality and an area council; “Secretary of State” includes the Attorney-General;