---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 1209.2"
title: "12"
number: "1209.2"
heading: "Rules of construction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/1209.2"
---

# §1209.2. Rules of construction.


For purposes of this part:

- (a) Any term in the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular, if such use would be appropriate;
- (b) Any use of a masculine, feminine, or neuter gender encompasses all three, if such use would be appropriate; and
- (c) Unless the context requires otherwise, a party's representative of record, if any, on behalf of that party, may take any action required to be taken by the party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 554, 556, 557, and 701 et seq.; 12 U.S.C. 1430c(d); 12 U.S.C. 4501, 4502, 4503, 4511, 4513, 4513b, 4517, 4526, 4566(c)(1) and (c)(7), 4581-4588, 4631-4641; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 53607, Aug. 26, 2011, unless otherwise noted.