In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"authorised share capital"

means the maximum amount of capital which the Bank is authorised to raise in terms of section 13(1);

[Defintion inserted by section 1 of Act No. 41 of 2014]

"Bank"

means the Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited, reconstituted and incorporated as provided for by section 2;

"board"

means the board of directors of the Bank mentioned in section 7;

"callable capital"

means the authorised share capital less the issued share capital;

[Definition inserted by section 1 of Act No. 41 of 2014]

"Companies Act"

means the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008);

[Definition inserted by section 1 of Act No. 41 of 2014]

"DBSA (1983)"

means the Development Bank of Southern Africa, which was established in 1983 by treaty;

"effective date"

means the date on which this Act comes into operation;

"institutional shareholders"

means the holders of shares in the Bank, excluding the Government of the Republic and any individual, but including national, international or multilateral institutions;

"issued share capital"

means the portion of the authorised share capital which the Bank has issued;

[Definition inserted by section 1 of Act No. 41 of 2014]

"Minister"

means the Minister of Finance or the Minister who for the time being acts in his or her stead;

"region"

means the region contemplated in section 2A;

[Definition substituted by section 1 of Act No. 41 of 2014]

"regulation"

means any regulation made in terms of section 17;

"shares"

means the shares referred to in section 13;

"this Act"

includes the regulations.