22 CFR § 401.1 - Definitions.

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title: "22 CFR § 401.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "401.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "RULES OF PROCEDURE"
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authority: "Art. XII, 36 Stat. 2453."
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# 401.1 Definitions.

(a) In the construction of the regulations in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number shall include the plural and words importing the plural number shall include the singular; and,

(b) *Applicant* means the Government or person on whose behalf on application is presented to the Commission in accordance with § 401.12;

(c) *Government* means the Government of Canada or the Government of the United States of America;

(d) *Person* includes Province, State, department or agency of a Province or State, municipality, individual, partnership, corporation and association, but does not include the Government of Canada or the Government of the United States of America;

(e) *Oath* includes affirmation;

(f) *Reference* means the document by which a question or matter of difference is referred to the Commission pursuant to Article IX of the Treaty;

(g) *The Treaty* means the Treaty between the United States of America and His Majesty the King, dated the 11th day of January 1909;

(h) *Canadian section consists of the commissioners appointed by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Governor in Council of Canada;*

(i) *United States section* consists of the Commissioners appointed by the President of the United States.