28 Interpretation clause.U.K.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 in this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 the term “Bank of England notes” shall extend and apply to the promissory notes of the Bank of England payable to bearer on demand; and the term “banker” shall extend and apply to all corporations, societies, partnerships, and persons, and every individual person, carrying on the business of banking, whether by the issue of bank notes or otherwise, except only the Bank of England; and the word “person” used in this Act shall include corporations; and the singular number in this Act shall include the plural number, and the plural number the singular, except where there is any thing in the context repugnant to such construction; and the masculine gender in this Act shall include the feminine, except where there is any thing in the context repugnant to such construction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)