South Australian Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1915 - SECT 26

26—Words importing masculine gender and singular number to include feminine and plural

In every Act—

            (a)         every word of the masculine gender will be construed as including the feminine gender;

            (ab)         every word of the feminine gender will be construed as including the masculine gender;

            (b)         every word in the singular number will be construed as including the plural number;

            (c)         every word in the plural number will be construed as including the singular number;

            (d)         every word in either of those genders or numbers will be construed as including a body corporate as well as an individual;

            (e)         every phrase consisting of a masculine pronoun and a feminine pronoun joined by the conjunction "or" will, if the antecedent is capable of referring to a body corporate, be construed as applicable to a body corporate as well as a natural person.