---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 263.2"
title: "12"
number: "263.2"
heading: "Rules of construction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/263.2"
---

# §263.2. Rules of construction.


For purposes of this subpart:

- (a) Any term in the singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular, if such use would be appropriate;
- (b) The term counsel includes a non-attorney representative; and
- (c) Unless the context requires otherwise, a party's counsel of record, if any, may, on behalf of that party, take any action required to be taken by the party.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 89909, Dec. 28, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 554-557; 12 U.S.C. 248, 324, 334, 347a, 504, 505, 1464, 1467, 1467a, 1817(j), 1818, 1820(k), 1829, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1832(c), 1847(b), 1847(d), 1884, 1972(2)(F), 3105, 3108, 3110, 3349, 3907, 3909(d), 4717, 5323, 5362, 5365, 5463, 5464, 5466, 5467; 15 U.S.C. 21, 78l(i), 78o-4, 78o-5, 78u-2; 1639e(K); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 5321; and 42 U.S.C. 4012a.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 38052, Aug. 9, 1991, unless otherwise noted.