California Commercial Code — General Provisions — Short Title, Construction, Application And Subject Matter Of The Code — Use of singular and plural; gender Date: 14 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session In this code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires: (1) words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and (2) words of any gender also refer to any other gender. Ca. Com. Code § 1106 Added by Stats 2006 ch 254 (SB 1481),s 12, eff. 1/1/2007.