[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1.3]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 1_DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1.3  Rules of construction.



    (a) In Subchapters A through K of this chapter, unless the context 

requires otherwise:

    (1) Words importing the singular include the plural;

    (2) Words importing the plural include the singular; and

    (3) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine.

    (b) In Subchapters A through K of this chapter, the word:

    (1) Shall is used in an imperative sense;

    (2) May is used in a permissive sense to state authority or 

permission to do the act prescribed, and the words ``no person may * * 

*'' or ``a person may not * * *'' mean that no person is required, 

authorized, or permitted to do the act prescribed; and

    (3) Includes means ``includes but is not limited to''.



[Doc. No. 1150, 27 FR 4590, May 15, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 1-10, 31 

FR 5055, Mar. 29, 1966]