GENERAL PROVISIONS
General Provisions enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
§§ 1–29.5 · 34 sections
- § 1 This act shall be known as the Labor Code.
- § 2 The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as…
- § 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code,…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 context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.
- § 6 Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope,…
- § 7 Whenever, by the provisions of this code, an administrative power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power may be…
- § 8 Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required…
- § 9 Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions…
- § 10 “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
- § 11 The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
- § 12 The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
- § 12.1 The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the terms “man” or “men” where appropriate shall be deemed “person” or “persons” and any references to the…
- § 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 the singular.
- § 14 “County” includes “city and county.”
- § 15 “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
- § 16 “Oath” includes affirmation.
- § 17 “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a…
- § 18 “Person” means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation.
- § 18.5 “Agency” means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
- § 19 “Department” means Department of Industrial Relations.
- § 19.5 “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
- § 20 “Director” means Director of Industrial Relations.
- § 21 “Labor Commissioner” means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
- § 22 “Violation” includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code.
- § 23 Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed, every offense declared by this code to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in a county…
- § 24 If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid the remainder of the code, and the application of its…
- § 25 “Sheriff” includes “marshal.”
- § 26 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no person who has not previously obtained a license regulated by this code shall be denied a license solely…
- § 27 Whenever the term “workers’ compensation judge” or “workers’ compensation referee” is used in this code in connection with the workers’ compensation law, the…
- § 28 For injuries occurring on and after January 1, 1991, whenever the term “independent medical examiner” is used in this code, the term shall mean “qualified…
- § 29 “Medical director” means the physician appointed by the administrative director pursuant to Section 122.
- § 29.5 The Governor shall annually issue a proclamation declaring April 28 as Workers’ Memorial Day in remembrance of the courage and integrity of American workers,…