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Section 7. Other Codes. Other codes may be published separately, but thepublications shall bear all amendments and additions now or hereafter made.Section 8. Reference to Code. Whenever references are made to any portion ofthis Code the reference applies to all amendments and additions now or hereafter made.Section 9. Subsequently New Ordinances and their Integration. All ordinancesenacted subsequent to the date of affectivity of this code shall be integrated in such amanner that it will bear the corresponding chapter and section to which ordinance pertains.Section 10. Relation of Code to Prior Ordinances. <strong>The</strong> provisions of this Codethat are substantially the same with existing ordinances relating to the subject matters shallbe construed as restatement and continuation and not as new enactments.Section 11. Conflict Within/Between/Among Chapters or Articles. Should theprovisions of the different chapters in this code conflict or contravene another, the provisionswithin each chapter shall prevail in so far as matters in each chapter are concerned.Section 12. Existing Rights. No action or proceeding commenced before this codetakes effect, and no right accrued shall be affected by this Code, and all proceduresthereafter taken shall conform to the provisions of this Code in so far as possible. <strong>The</strong>chapter and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent ofthe provisions of this Code. At the time this Code takes effect, all persons who hold officeunder any of the ordinance regarded by this code, but which offices are not organizationallyaffected by this code, shall continue to hold office in accordance with their tenure.Section 13. Rules in Interpreting the Provisions of this Code.a. General Rule. All words and phrases shall be construed and understoodaccording to the common and approved usage of the language; but technicalwords and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar andappropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according tothat peculiar and appropriate meaning.b. Gender: Singular and Plural. Every word importing the masculine gender as wellas the words “he/she”, “his/her” and “him/her” shall extend to both male andfemale. Every word importing the plural number shall extend and be applied toone person or thing as well as to several persons or things.c. Persons. <strong>The</strong> word “persons: shall extend and be applied to natural and juridicalpersons such as firms, corporations, or voluntary associations, unless plainlyinapplicable.d. Tenses. <strong>The</strong> use of any verb in the present tense shall include the future whenapplicable.e. Shall Have Been. <strong>The</strong> word “shall have been” include past and future cases.f. Shall and May. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.g. Reasonable Time or Notice. In all cases where any provisions of this Code shallrequire any act to be done in a reasonable notice to be given, that reasonabletime or notice shall mean such time only as may be necessary for the promptperformance of that duty, or compliance with that notice.Section 14. Posting of Ordinances. Any ordinances carrying a penal provisionbecomes effective only after the same have been posted in the municipal bulletin board for171