---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 201.103"
title: "17"
number: "201.103"
heading: "Construction of rules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/201.103"
---

# §201.103. Construction of rules.

- (a) The Rules of Practice shall be construed and administered to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every proceeding.
- (b) In any particular proceeding, to the extent that there is a conflict between these rules and a procedural requirement contained in any statute, or any rule or form adopted thereunder, the latter shall control.
- (c) **For purposes of these rules—**
  - (1) Any term in the singular includes the plural, and any term in the plural includes the singular, if such use would be appropriate;
  - (2) Any use of a masculine, feminine, or neuter gender encompasses such other genders as would be appropriate; and
  - (3) Unless the context requires otherwise, counsel for a party may take any action required or permitted to be taken by such party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77h-1, 77j, 77s, 77u, 77sss, 78c(b), 78d-1, 78d-2, 78 l, 78m, 78n, 78 o (d), 78 o -3, 78 o -10(b)(6), 78s, 78u-2, 78u-3, 78v, 78w, 80a-8, 80a-9, 80a-37, 80a-38, 80a-39, 80a-40, 80a-41, 80a-44, 80b-3, 80b-9, 80b-11, 80b-12, 7202, 7215, and 7217.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 32796, June 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77s, 77sss, 78w, 78x, 80a-37, and 80b-11; 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1). Sections 201.700 and 201.701 are also issued under sec. 916, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 610, Jan. 6, 1982, unless otherwise noted.