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VAGRANCY (IRELAND) ACT 1847 - SECT 8

Interpretation.

8. In the construction of this Act every word importing the singular number or
masculine gender only shall, except where the context excludes such
construction, be understood to include and shall be applied to several
persons, matters, or things as well as one person, matter, or thing, and to
females as well as males respectively; and the word "justice" shall be
understood to include and extend to any justice of the peace or magistrate of
a county, county of a city, or county of a town, or of any city or town
corporate; and the word "constable" shall be understood to include all chief
and other constables and sub-constables appointed under any Act relating to
the constabulary force of Ireland....

S.9 rep. by SLR 1875

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