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.

History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1189, ch. 854

June 4, 1982, D.C. Law 4-111, § 2(a), 29 DCR 1684

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 49-203.

1981 Ed., § 49-203.

Cross References

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