Gender rule of construction

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Compilation and Construction of Code
4. Rules of Construction
5. 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.

(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1189, ch. 854; June 4, 1982, D.C. Law 4-111, § 2(a), 29 DCR 1684.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 49-203.

1973 Ed., § 49-203.

Cross References

Acts and resolutions of Council, rules of construction, see § 1-301.45 et seq.

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