[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR390.7]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 390_FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS; GENERAL--Table of 

Contents

 

             Subpart A_General Applicability and Definitions

 

Sec. 390.7  Rules of construction.



    (a) In part 325 of subchapter A and in this subchapter, unless the 

context requires otherwise:

    (1) Words imparting the singular include the plural;

    (2) Words imparting the plural include the singular;

    (3) Words imparting the present tense include the future tense.

    (b) In this subchapter the word--

    (1) Officer includes any person authorized by law to perform the 

duties of the office;

    (2) Writing includes printing and typewriting;

    (3) Shall is used in an imperative sense;

    (4) Must is used in an imperative sense;

    (5) Should is used in a recommendatory sense;

    (6) May is used in a permissive sense; and

    (7) Includes is used as a word of inclusion, not limitation.



[53 FR 18052, May 19, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995]