CHAPTER 6. General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice [124. - 153.]
Heading of Chapter 6 renumbered from Chapter 7 by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1737.
§§ 124–153 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. Open Court Access § 124 · 1 section
- § 124 (a) Except as provided in Section 214 of the Family Code or any other law, the sittings of every court shall be public. (b) (1) The court shall not exclude the…
ARTICLE 2. Incidental Powers and Duties of Courts §§ 128–130 · 5 sections
- § 128 (a) Every court shall have the power to do all of the following: (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence. (2) To enforce order in the…
- § 128.5 (a) A trial court may order a party, the party’s attorney, or both, to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by another party as a…
- § 128.7 (a) Every pleading, petition, written notice of motion, or other similar paper shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s individual…
- § 129 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a copy, reproduction, or facsimile of any kind of a photograph, negative, or print, including instant photographs and video…
- § 130 (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, when a child who is under 18 years of age is killed as a result of a criminal act and a person has been…
ARTICLE 3. Judicial Holidays §§ 133–136 · 4 sections
- § 133 Courts of justice may be held and judicial business transacted on any day, except as provided in this article.
- § 134 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the courts shall be closed for the transaction of judicial business on judicial holidays for all but the following…
- § 135 Every full day designated as a holiday by Section 6700 of the Government Code, including that Thursday of November declared by the President to be Thanksgiving…
- § 136 If a day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or to which it is adjourned, falls on a judicial holiday, it shall be deemed appointed for or…
ARTICLE 4. Proceedings in Case of Absence of Judge § 139 · 1 section
- § 139 If no judge attends on the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or on the day to which it may have been adjourned, within one hour after the…
ARTICLE 6. Seals of Courts § 153 · 1 section
- § 153 Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the seal of a court need not be affixed to any proceeding therein, or to any document, except to the following:…