# Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845, Section 22: Interpretation of Act.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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; and the word “ person” used in this Act shall include corporations; and the word “ coin” shall mean the coin of this realm; and the singular number in this Act shall include the plural, and the plural number the singular, except where there is anything in the context repugnant to such construction; and the masculine gender in this Act shall include the feminine, except where there is anything in the context repugnant to such construction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/38/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bank-notes-scotland-act-1845/section-22
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