Except as otherwise specifically provided or indicated by the context:
(a) All words used in this charter indicating the present tense shall not be limited to the time of the adoption of this charter but shall extend to and include the time of the happening of any event or requirement for which provision is made herein.
(b) The singular number shall include the plural, the plural number shall include the singular and the masculine gender shall extend to and include the feminine gender and the neuter.
(c) The word “person” may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate and to partnerships as well as to individuals.
(d) The words “printed” and “printing” shall include reproductions by printing, engraving, stencil duplication, lithographing or any similar method.
(e) Except in reference to signatures, the words “written” and “in writing” shall include printing and typewriting.
(f) The word “officer” shall include the Mayor and other members of the Commission, the administrative officers, and members of city boards and commissions created by or pursuant to this charter.
(g) The word “statute” shall denote the Public Acts of the State of Michigan as in effect at the time the provision of the charter containing the word “statute” is to be applied.
(h) The word “Constitution” shall denote the Constitution of the State of Michigan as in effect at the time the provision of the charter containing the word “Constitution” is to be applied.
(i) All references to specific local or Public Acts shall be to such local or Public Acts of the State of Michigan as in effect at the time the reference to such act is to be applied.
(j) All references to section numbers shall refer to section numbers of this charter.