HRS §291C-173
How to read words in traffic laws
This section explains how to understand the language in Hawaii's traffic laws. It says that words can be read in any tense, and that words for one gender or number can include the other. This helps make the laws apply to everyone equally.
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The statute, as written — Interpretation
Wherever consistent with the context of the state traffic laws, words in the present, past or future shall be construed to be interchangeable with and to include any other tense; the masculine gender shall be construed to include the feminine gender; and words in the singular number shall be construed to include the plural; and in the plural to include the singular, and each shall be construed to be interchangeable with the other.
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