# 13 Gender and number
In all 1[Central Acts] and Regulations, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--
(1) words importing the masculine gender shall be taken to include females; and
(2) words in the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.
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1. Subs., <i>ibid</i>., for "Acts of the Governor-General in Council".
GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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