GENERAL PROVISIONS

General Provisions enacted by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1038.

§§ 1–21 · 23 sections

• § 1 This act shall be known as the Corporations Code.
• § 2 The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be…
• § 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code,…
• § 4 No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but all procedure thereafter…
• § 5 Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions govern the construction of this code.
• § 6 Title, division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of…
• § 7 Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power is granted to, or a duty imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by…
• § 8 Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means; and when used to describe communications between a…
• § 9 Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the reference applies to all amendments and additions now or…
• § 10 “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which the term…
• § 11 The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future tense includes the present.
• § 12 The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• § 12.2 “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
• § 13 The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.
• § 14 “County” includes “city and county.”
• § 15 “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 16 “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 17 “Signature” includes mark when the signer cannot write, such signer’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s…
• § 17.1 (a) In addition to the definition set forth in Section 17, the term “signature” includes a signature in a facsimile document filed pursuant to this code or…
• § 18 “Person” includes a corporation as well as a natural person.
• § 19 If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such…
• § 20 “Electronic transmission by the corporation” means a communication (a) delivered by (1) facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the…
• § 21 “Electronic transmission to the corporation” means a communication (a) delivered by (1) facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the…