It is especially important to use gender-neutral expressions (for example, person or party) in templates for very common official documents where the text is aimed at a single person but will be reused for individuals of differing sex. These should be followed by they, not he or she.

Small_OK For whatever purposes it may serve and at the request of the person concerned, I issue this certificate.
Small_OK Each party must ratify the pact before it can take effect. They will then publish the text in their region’s official gazette in the space of six months.

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