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1. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires- "contravention", in relation to any requirement, includes a failure to comply with that requirement, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; "court" means any court of law having jurisdiction in Antigua and Barbuda other that a court established by a disciplinary law, and includes Her Majesty in Council and, in section 4 of this Constitution, a court established by a disciplinary law; "disciplinary law" means a law regulating the discipline of any disciplined force; "disciplined force" means- a. a naval, military or air force; b. the Police force; or c. a prison service; "member", in relation to a disciplined force, includes any person who, under the law regulating the discipline of that force, is subject to that discipline; "legal practitioner" means a person entitled to practice as a barrister in Antigua and Barbuda or, except in relation to proceedings before a court in which a solicitor has no right of audience, entitled to practice as a solicitor in Antigua and Barbuda.