§ 390.7 Rules of construction.
发布04-30
生效04-30
摘要总结AI 辅助解读
本条款为美国联邦法规第49篇（交通）中关于跨境陆运相关章节的“解释规则”。它规定了法律文本中单复数、时态互换原则，以及“Officer”、“Shall/Must/Should/May”等关键术语的法律含义界定。该条款属于程序性解释规范，不直接设定实体权利义务或改变操作流程，建议作为理解其他具体合规条款的背景参考。
- (a) In part 325 of subchapter A and in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
- (1) Words imparting the singular include the plural;
- (2) Words imparting the plural include the singular;
- (3) Words imparting the present tense include the future tense.
- (b) In this subchapter the word—
- (1) Officer includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office;
- (2) Shall is used in an imperative sense;
- (3) Must is used in an imperative sense;
- (4) Should is used in a recommendatory sense;
- (5) May is used in a permissive sense; and
- (6) Includes is used as a word of inclusion, not limitation.
[53 FR 18052, May 19, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995; 83 FR 16226, Apr. 16, 2018]