{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/30",
  "legislation_title": "Interpretation Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Gender and number.",
  "text": "In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears,—\n(a) words importing the masculine gender include the feminine;\n(b) words importing the feminine gender include the masculine;\n(c) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6(a) excluded (E.W.) by Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c. 44, SIF 39:5), ss. 4(3), 5(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 6(b) excluded (E.W.) by Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c. 44, SIF 39:5), ss. 4(3), 5(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 6(b) excluded (E.W.S.) by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), ss. 5(4)(7), 29(6), Sch. 9 para. 4(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:28:41.068866+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}