Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act Zimbabwe “person” and “owner” and other like terms, when used with reference to property or acts, include corporations of all kinds, and any other association of persons capable of owning or holding property or doing acts and they also, when relating to property, include any department of the State; “premises” includes, in addition to any land, building or structure, any vehicle, conveyance, ship or boat; “property” includes everything animate or inanimate, corporeal or incorporeal, capable of being the subject of ownership; “public prosecutor” ” means the Prosecutor-General or a person who has the Prosecutor-General’s authority to institute and conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the State; [definition substituted by section 2 of Act 2 of 2016] “sexual offence” means— (a) for the purpose of section 278, any of the following offences or an attempt to commit any of the following offences— (i) rape; (ii) aggravated indecent assault; (iii) sexual intercourse or performing an indecent act with a young person; (iv) sodomy; (v) sexual intercourse within a prohibited degree of relationship; (vi) deliberate infection of another with a sexually transmitted disease; (vii) deliberate transmission of HIV; (viii) coercing or inducing a person for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct; (b) for the purpose of section 302A, any of the following offences or an attempt to commit any of the following offences— (i) rape; (ii) aggravated indecent assault; (iii) sexual intercourse or performing an indecent act with a young person, involving any penetration of any part of his or her or another person’s body that involves a risk of transmission of HIV; (iv) deliberate transmission of HIV; [definition inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 2006] “statutory capital offence” [definition repealed by section 2 of Act 2 of 2016] “suitably qualified nurse” means a State certified nurse, paediatric nurse, State certified traumatology nurse or general registered nurse registered as such in terms of the Health Professions Act [Chapter 27:19] (No. 6 of 2000); [definition inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 2006] “valuable security” includes any document which is the property of any person and which is the evidence of the ownership of any property or of the right to recover or receive any property. 3. Proceedings to which Act applies This Act shall apply to all criminal proceedings in the High Court and the Supreme Court and in magistrates courts in respect of any offence. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 4