Legislative drafting handbook: legislative drafting requirements approved by the attorney general for use in Samoa from July 1 2008
… provisions are necessary in the text of laws 9.5 Only
gender neutral terms are permissible 9.6 Exposure of … for doubt if a provision is properly drafted. 9.5 Only
gender neutral terms are permissible References to the masculine
gender only (such as “he”, “him” or “his” used without …