liabilities and the statement of assets and liabilities is attached to the affidavit and marked as 5. Paragraph 8 of the affidavit provides as follows: 8. I have declared my assets and liabilities and the statement of the assets and liabilities is attached and marked 5. [51] Form GEN 5 is the statutory declaration of assets and liabilities that is required to be filed by candidates at presidential, parliamentary and local government levels and it provides in part as follows: I,..... (full names) being a candidate for the office of the President of the Republic of Zambia/Running Mate* do solemnly and sincerely declare that the statement annexed hereto is made by me for the purposes of Article 100/70* of the Constitution and is a true and complete statement of my assets and liabilities......... Note: A typed or dearly printed/written statement of assets and liabilities must be annexed to this declaration. [52] It is our considered view, that paragraph 8 of the affidavit (form GEN 4) amounts to referential incorporation and makes the statement on the declaration of assets and liabilities part and parcel of the affidavit. Referential incorporation is a drafting tool used to incorporate a document into the contents of another document by referring to it. This is commonly used when drafting legislation and contracts so as to avoid voluminous documents. The learned author of Statutory Interpretation (1992) 2nd Edition at page 522 puts it thus: It is a common device of legislative drafters to incorporate earlier statutory provisions by reference, rather than setting out similar provisions in full. This saves space, and also attracts the case law and other learning attached to the earlier provisions. Its main advantage is a parliamentary one however, since it shortens Bills and cuts down the area for debate. J22