In the Uniform Commercial Code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:
(a) words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and
(b) words of any gender also refer to any other gender.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10.1-102; 1966 (54) 2716; former 1976 Code Section 36-1-102; 2014 Act No. 213 (S.343), Section 1, eff October 1, 2014.
OFFICIAL COMMENT
Source: Former Section 1-102(5). See also 1 U.S.C. Section 1.
Changes from former law: Other than minor stylistic changes, this section is identical to former Section 1-102(5).
1. This section makes it clear that the use of singular or plural in the text of the Uniform Commercial Code is generally only a matter of drafting style-singular words may be applied in the plural, and plural words may be applied in the singular. Only when it is clear from the statutory context that the use of the singular or plural does not include the other is this rule inapplicable. See, e.g., Section 9-322.
Editor's Note
"This act," referred to in this section, means Act No. 1065 of the 1966 Acts and Joint Resolutions, originally codified as Titles 10.1 to 10.10 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1962, and now codified as Title 36 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976.
2014 Act No. 213, Section 51, provides as follows:
"SECTION 51. This act becomes effective on October 1, 2014. It applies to transactions entered into and events occurring after that date."
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