103 CHAPTER 12—COMMENCEMENT, INTERPRETATION, REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL Part A—SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT Short title and commencement Fiji. 162.—(1) This Constitution may be cited as the Constitution of the Republic of (2) This Constitution shall come into force on 7 September 2013. Part B—INTERPRETATION Interpretation 163.—(1) In this Constitution, unless the contrary intention appears— “Act” means an Act of Parliament, a Decree or a Promulgation; “adult” means an individual who is 18 years of age or over; “Bill of Rights” means the rights and freedoms set out in Chapter 2; “child” means an individual who has not reached the age of 18 years; “commission” means a commission established by, or continued in existence under, this Constitution; “Constitution of 1990” means the Constitution set out in the Constitution of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji (Promulgation) Decree 1990; “corrupt practices” includes— (a) any attempt to improperly influence a public officer; (b) to influence peddling, bribery, or extortion; (c) misuse of inside information for personal gain; (d) requesting or accepting any benefit to which a person is not lawfully entitled; (e) withholding any service, benefit, decision or judgment, or threatening a person with the exercise of a lawful power against that person, or implying any such practice, in order to extort a personal benefit or to improperly obtain the person’s consent to any action or omission; (f) unlawfully taking or demanding any private property; (g) misuse or misapplication of public property for personal purposes, or theft of public property; and (h) converting or selling public assets for personal gain;