Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 109

109. (1) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, a provision of this
Act shall be interpreted in such a manner that any 2 or more references in the
provision are capable of having the same referent or referents, or of having a
referent or referents in common, as the case requires.
(2) In subsection (I), "referent", in relation to a reference in a provision,
means:

   (a)  in so far as the reference is interpreted as being in the singular
        number-a person to whom, or a thing or matter to which; or

   (b)  in so far as the reference is interpreted as being in the plural
        number-any one or 2 or more persons to whom, or of 2 or more things or
        matters to which; the reference is taken, in the application of the
        provision, to refer.