The words and phrases shall be construed according to context and the meaning sanctioned by common and current usage.\nThe words used in this Code in the present tense also include the future; those used in the masculine gender include the feminine and the [gender neutral], except in cases in which such construction would be absurd; the singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.\nIf the language used is susceptible to two (2) or more constructions, it shall be construed to further the purposes of this Code and of the particular article object of the construction.\nHistory —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 13, eff. May 1, 2005.
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