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references to the former Government of the Federation and the former Government of a State, a local government authority or any person who exercised any authority on its behalf. PART IV Interpretation, citation and commencement 318. Interpretation (1) In this constitution, unless it is otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires- “Act” or “Act of the National Assembly” means any law made by the National Assembly and includes any law which takes effect under the provisions of this Constitution as an Act of the National Assembly; “appointment” or its cognate expression includes appointment on promotion and transfer or confirmation of appointment; “area council” means each of the administrative areas within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; “authority” includes government; “belong to” or its grammatical expression when used with reference to a person in a State refers to a person either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents was a member of a community indigenous to that State; “civil service of the Federation” means service of the Federation in a civil capacity as staff of the office of the President, the Vice- President, a ministry or department of the Government of the Federation assigned with the responsibility for any business of the Government of the Federation; “civil service of the State” means service of the Government of a State in a civil capacity as staff of the office of the Governor, Deputy Governor or a ministry or department of the Government 204 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations