104 No. 2 of 2016] Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) (3) The emoluments of a person holding a public office, chief and member of the House of Chiefs shall not be altered to the disadvantage of that person during that person’s tenure of office. (4) A person holding a public office shall not, while in office, hold another office which pays emoluments. Funding, expenses and emoluments charge on Consolidated Fund 265. (1) A public office shall be adequately funded to enable it to effectively perform its functions. (2) The expenses of a State organ, State institution and public office shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. (3) The emoluments payable under this Constitution or as prescribed, shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. Definitions 266. In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires— “ adult ” means a person who has attained, or is above, the age of nineteen years; “ Bill ” means a draft of a proposed law to be enacted by Parliament; “ Bill of Rights ” means the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in Part III, and includes their status, application, interpretation, limitations, derogations, nonderogations and enforcement; “ by-election ” means an election to fill a vacancy in the office of a Member of Parliament or councillor; “ candidate ” means a person contesting a presidential, parliamentary or local government election; “ chief ” means a person bestowed as chief and who derives allegiance from the fact of birth or descent, in accordance with the customs, traditions, usage or consent of the people in a chiefdom; “ child ” means a person who has attained, or is below, the age of eighteen years; “ circuit schedule ” means a table showing dates, districts, time and place where a court is to sit and hear matters in any period of twelve months;