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Division VIII - GENERAL LAWSTitle 45 - COMPILATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CODE
Chapter 6 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 45-603 - Gender rule of construction

D.C. Code § 45-603

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Current through codified legislation effective September 4, 2024
Section 45-603 - 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.

D.C. Code § 45-603

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

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