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Duty to be taken pro rata in enactments.:- Where by any enactment now in force or hereafter to be in force, any duty of customs or excise., or in the nature thereof, is leviable on any given quantity, by weight, measure or value of any goods or merchandise, then a like duty is leviable according to the same rate on any greater or less quantity. 6 13.Gender and number:- In all Orissa Acts, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1) words importing the masculine gender shall be taken to include females; and (2) words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. POWERS AND FUNCTIONARIES 14.When powers and duties to be exercised and performed:- Where an Orissa Act confers a power or imposes a duty, then the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires.