[Adopted 8-12-1991 by Ord. No. 628 (§ 1-18 of the
1973 Code)]
The following rules of construction shall be
applicable to all chapters of the Code of the Borough of Shrewsbury
heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise
require:
A.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses,
and the future includes the present.
B.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C.
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural
includes the singular.
D.
"Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
E.
The time within which an act is to be done shall be
computed by excluding the first and including the last day, and, if
the last day is a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which the offices
of the Borough are closed, that day shall be excluded.
F.
"Writing" and "written" shall include printing, typewriting
and any other mode of communication using paper or similar material
which is in general use, as well as legible handwriting.
G.
Whenever a specific time is used in this revision,
it shall mean the prevailing and established time in effect in the
State of New Jersey during any day in any year.
H.
Any citation of a statute, law or ordinance contained
in this revision shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or
ordinance as amended, whether or not such designation is included
in the citation.
