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“years of age” and words of a like meaning, when used with reference to the age of any person, mean years of age according to the English reckoning of ages.

4. (1) “Commonwealth” means collectively—
 * (a) the United Kingdom;
 * (b) any British territory; and
 * (c) any other state or territory which may be specified by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3).

(2) “British territory” and “British possession” mean any state or territory which may be specified by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3).

(3) The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, order that any state or territory shall be a state or territory specified for the purposes. of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) or of subsection (2).

5. Where any word or expression is defined in any Ordinance, such definition shall extend to the grammatical variations and cognate expressions of such word or expression.

6. Where reference is made in any Ordinance to property and the expressions used in relation thereto imply that such property is owned by, or belongs to, the Government, or convey a similar meaning, such reference shall be deemed to refer to such of the property of the Crown of the description mentioned as has been appropriated to the use of the Government.

7. (1) Words and expressions importing the masculine gender include the female.

(2) Words and expressions in the singular include the plural and words and expressions in the plural include the singular.

8. Where any Ordinance authorizes or requires any documents to be served or any notice to be given by post or by registered post, whether the expression “serve” or “give” or “send” or any other expression is used, the service or notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying the postage thereon and dispatching by post or by registered post, as the case may be, to the last known postal address of the person to be served or given notice, an envelope containing the document or notice, and, unless the contrary is proved, such service or notice shall be deemed to have been effected at the time at which the envelope would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.