Ottawa By-law 2017-301, s. 2(1) — Traffic and Parking By-law

In this by-law:

• (a) words importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, include more persons, parties or things of the same kind than one and females as well as males and the converse;
• (b) a word interpreted in the singular number has a corresponding meaning

when used in the plural;

• (c) “may” shall be construed as permissive;
• (d) “shall” shall be construed as imperative;
• (e) “vehicle”, when used as part of a prohibition of parking or stopping, includes any part thereof; and
• (f) “subsection” when used without reference to another section, refers to

a subsection contained in the same section in which the phrase is used.