Section 13. Gender and number

13. Gender and number. —In all[2] [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. 4 13A. [ References to the Sovereign .] Rep. by the A.O . 1950. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Acts of the Governor-General in Council". 2. Subs., ibid ., for "Acts of the Governor-General in Council". 3. Section 8 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 18 of 1919, s. 2 and the First Schedule. 4. Ins. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid . 5. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Where any Act of Parliament repeals and re-enacts".