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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 37 

Rules as to gender and number.

37.(1) Words in an enactment importing (whether in relation to an offence or
otherwise) persons or male persons shall include male and female persons,
corporations (whether aggregate or sole) and unincorporated bodies of persons.

(2) In an enactment

(a)words in the singular shall include the plural; and

(b)words in the plural shall include the singular.

(3) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, a reference in an enactment
to a party aggrieved shall include a reference to a body corporate in every
case where that body is a party aggrieved.

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