Section 6 Interpretation of Act.

In construing this Act F1. . . F2 the words “magistrates' court" shall include F3sheriffs principal of sheriffdoms in Scotland, . . . . . . F4; the word “owner” shall include all bodies, politic, corporate or collegiate, and all persons entitled to any estate or interest in possession; and the word “land” shall extend to lands, grounds, hereditaments and heritages, of any tenure or description; and every word importing the singular number shall, when necessary to give full effect to the enactments herein contained, be deemed to extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing; and any words importing the plural number only shall include the singular number; . . .