(a) where any act or thing is directed to be done by or before a public officer, it shall be done by or before one whose jurisdiction or power extends to the place where the thing is to be done;

(b) where power is given to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or a public officer to do or enforce the doing of an act or thing, all such powers are also given as are necessary to enable him to do or enforce the doing of the act or thing;

(c) where the doing of an act or thing that is expressly authorized is dependent upon the doing of any other act or thing by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or by a public officer, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or public officer, as the case may be, has the power to do that other act;

(d) where an act or thing is required to be done by more than two persons, a majority may do it;

(e) where a power is conferred or a duty imposed, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed, from time to time, as occasion requires;

(e.1) where a document, notice, paper or other thing may be delivered or sent by registered mail, such document, notice, paper or other thing may be delivered or sent by certified mail or by prepaid courier;

(f) where a form is prescribed, deviations therefrom not affecting the substance nor calculated to mislead, shall not invalidate the form used;

(g) a word importing a masculine gender includes the feminine gender and a corporation to which the context may extend, and a word importing a feminine gender includes the masculine gender and a corporation to which the context may extend;

(h) a word in the singular includes the plural, and a word in the plural includes the singular;

(i) where a word is defined, other parts of speech and tenses of the same word shall have corresponding meanings;

(j) where the time limited for the doing of anything under its provisions, expires or falls upon a holiday, the time so limited shall extend to, and the act or thing may be done on, the day first following that is not a holiday;

(k) where a period of time dating from a specified day, act, or event is prescribed or allowed for any purpose, the time shall be reckoned exclusively of such day or of the day of such act or event.

(a) where any act or thing is directed to be done by or before a public officer, it shall be done by or before one whose jurisdiction or power extends to the place where the thing is to be done;

(b) where power is given to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or a public officer to do or enforce the doing of an act or thing, all such powers are also given as are necessary to enable him to do or enforce the doing of the act or thing;

(c) where the doing of an act or thing that is expressly authorized is dependent upon the doing of any other act or thing by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or by a public officer, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or public officer, as the case may be, has the power to do that other act;

(d) where an act or thing is required to be done by more than two persons, a majority may do it;

(e) where a power is conferred or a duty imposed, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed, from time to time, as occasion requires;

(e.1) where a document, notice, paper or other thing may be delivered or sent by registered mail, such document, notice, paper or other thing may be delivered or sent by certified mail or by prepaid courier;

(f) where a form is prescribed, deviations therefrom not affecting the substance nor calculated to mislead, shall not invalidate the form used;

(g) a word importing a masculine gender includes the feminine gender and a corporation to which the context may extend, and a word importing a feminine gender includes the masculine gender and a corporation to which the context may extend;

(h) a word in the singular includes the plural, and a word in the plural includes the singular;

(i) where a word is defined, other parts of speech and tenses of the same word shall have corresponding meanings;

(j) where the time limited for the doing of anything under its provisions, expires or falls upon a holiday, the time so limited shall extend to, and the act or thing may be done on, the day first following that is not a holiday;

(k) where a period of time dating from a specified day, act, or event is prescribed or allowed for any purpose, the time shall be reckoned exclusively of such day or of the day of such act or event.