112 No. 2 of 2016] Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) “ Treasury ” means the office, in the Ministry responsible for finance, which receives, keeps, receipts, manages and disburses public funds; “ Vice-President-elect ” means the person declared as having been duly elected as a Vice-President after a presidential election; “ ward ” means a unit into which a district is divided for purposes of electing councillors; “ young person ” means a person who has attained the age of fifteen years, but is below the age of nineteen years; and “ youth ” means a person who has attained the age of nineteen years, but is below the age of thirty-five years. Interpretation of Constitution 267. (1) This Constitution shall be interpreted in accordance with the Bill of Rights and in a manner that— (a) promotes its purposes, values and principles; (b) permits the development of the law; and (c) contributes to good governance. (2) If there is a conflict between the English version of this Constitution and a different language version, the English version shall prevail. (3) A provision of this Constitution shall be construed according to the doctrine that the law is continuously in force and accordingly— (a) a function may be performed, as occasion requires, by the person holding the office to which the function is assigned; (b) a reference to a person holding an office includes a reference to the person lawfully performing the functions of that office at a particular time; (c) a reference to an office, State organ, State institution or locality shall be read with any modification necessary to make it applicable in the circumstances; (d) a reference in a provision applying that provision to another provision shall be read with any modification necessary to make it applicable in the circumstances and any reference to the modified provision shall apply as modified; and