(a) a statutory provision includes a reference to the statutory provision as amended or re-enacted from time to time;

(b) a person includes any natural person, body corporate or body unincorporated, including a company, partnership, unincorporated association, government or state;

(c) unless stated otherwise, a day means a calendar day. If an obligation falls on a calendar day which is either a Friday or Saturday or an official state holiday in the DIFC, the obligation shall take place on the next calendar day which is a business day;

(d) a calendar year shall mean a year of the Gregorian calendar; and

(e) the masculine gender includes the feminine.