§ 45-603Title 45
Gender rule of construction.
Unless the Council of the District of Columbia specifically provides that this section shall be inapplicable to a particular act or section, all the words thereof importing 1 gender include and apply to the other gender as well.
Annotations
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1189, ch. 854 June 4, 1982, D.C. Law 4-111, § 2(a), 29 DCR 1684 1973 Ed., § 49-203. 1981 Ed., § 49-203. Acts and resolutions of Council, rules of construction, see § 1-301.45 et seq.
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