Cap.512 (1965 Edition) “Chief Justice of Zanzibar” means the Chief Justice of the High Court of Zanzibar who, pursuant to the Constitution of Zanzibar, 1984, is the head of the Zanzibar Judiciary; “Force” means any of the armed forces and includes any other force established by this Constitution or in accordance with law and which is governed by military law; “Commonwealth” means the organization whose members include the United Republic and every country to which the provisions of section 7 of the Citizenship Act, 1961, apply; “Oath” shall have the meaning ordinarily ascribed to it and includes any formal declaration permitted by law to be used instead of an oath; “oath of allegiance” means the oath to be loyal to the State and to the Government of the United Republic; “ethics of Office of Judge” means ethical rules guiding the conduct of persons holding the office of judge or magistrate; “office in the service of the Government of the United Republic” shall have the ordinary meaning of that expression and includes service in the Armed Forces of the United Republic and in the Police Force or other force established in accordance with law; “court” means any court having jurisdiction in the United Republic except a court established by military law; save that for the purposes of Articles 13, 14 and 15 of this Constitution it shall include a court established under military law; “High Court” means the High Court of the United Republic or the High Court of Zanzibar; “Union Matters” means all public affairs specified in Article 4 of this Constitution as being Union Matters; “State Authority” includes the Executive and the Legislature of the United Republic, as well as the Executive and the House of Representatives of Zanzibar; “Attorney-General” means the Attorney-General for the United Republic referred to in Article 59; “the Government” includes the Government of the United Republic, the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar or a District Council or Urban Authority, and also any person exercising any power or authority on behalf of the Government or local government authority; “Local Government Authorities” means the local government authorities established under Article 145 of this Constitution for the purposes of exercising the people’s power; “Mainland Tanzania” means the whole of the territory of the United Republic which formerly was the territory of the Republic of Tanganyika; “Tanzania Zanzibar” means the whole of the territory of the United Republic which formerly was the territory of the People’s Republic of Zanzibar and which was previously referred to as “Tanzania Visiwani”; 87

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