In determining the meaning of any provision of this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:

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(a) The singular includes the plural;

(b) The plural includes the singular;

(c) The present tense includes the future tense; and

(d) Words of one gender include the other gender.

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982]