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 and associations as well as to individuals.
(d) The words "printed" and "printing" shall include reproductions by printing, engraving, stencil duplicating, 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 "City" shall mean the City of Perry.
(g) The word "officer" shall include the members of the Council and the administration officers.
(h) All references to statutes shall be considered to be references to such statutes as amended.
(i) All references to specific Public Acts of the State of Michigan shall be to such Acts as are in effect at the time the reference to such Act is to be applied.
(j) The words "law" or "general laws of the State" shall denote the Constitution and the Public Acts of the State of Michigan in effect at the time the provision of the Charter containing the words "law" or "general laws of the State" is to be applied, and applicable common laws.
(k) All references to section numbers shall refer to section numbers of this Charter.