43.05.010 Savings Provision

(a) If any provision of this Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Code, which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this Code are severable.

(b) In interpreting the provisions of this Code, unless otherwise plainly declared or clearly apparent from the context:

(1) Words in the present tense shall include the future tense;

(2) "Including," shall not be limiting;

(3) Words in masculine, feminine, and neuter genders shall include all genders; and

(4) Words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular.