“election” means, those elections in which, pursuant to the law to govern administrative districts under the principles of decentralized governance, citizens vote to select members of various councils, as well as general elections held to select persons as members of the People’s Majlis and presidential elections held to select a person to fill the post of President of the Republic. By-elections held to elect a person to any of the seats falling vacant comes within the meaning of elections; “tenet of Islam” means, the Holy Qur’an and those principles of Shari’ah whose provenance is not in dispute from among those found in the Sunna of the Noble Prophet, and those principles derived from these two foundations; “Islamic Shari’ah” means, the Holy Qur’an and the ways preferred by the learned people within the community and followers of the Sunnah in relation to criminal, civil, personal and other matters found in the Sunna; “person” or “persons” shall include natural and legal personalities; “have a financial interest” means, doing anything in a manner that could increase his property or wealth, or safeguard his property or wealth from loss; “judge” means, those persons appointed in accordance with this Constitution to conduct trials in the Supreme Court, High Court or Trial Courts; “constitutional matter” means, proceedings where the determination of the meaning of an 95