contained in the Chapter entitled "General Exceptions", though those exceptions are not repeated in such definition, penal provision, or illustration. Illustrations (a) The sections, in this Code, which contain definitions of offences, do not express that a child under seven years of age cannot commit such offences; but the definitions are to be understood subject to the general exception which provides that nothing shall be an offence which done by child under seven years of age. (b) A, a police-officer, without warrant, apprehends Z who has committed murder. Here A is not guilty of the offence of wrongful confinement; for he was bound by law to apprehend Z, and therefore the case falls within the general exception which provides that "nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is bound by law to do it". 7. Sense of expression once explained. 7. Sense of expression once explained.--Every expression which is explained in any part of this Code, is used in every part of this Code in conformity with the explanation. 8. Gender. 8. Gender.--The pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female. 9. Number. 9. Number.--Unless the contrary appears from the context, words importing the singular number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number include the singular number. 10. "Man". "Woman".