GENERAL PROVISIONS

General Provisions enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.

§§ 1–19 · 19 sections

• § 1 This act shall be known as the Military and Veterans Code.
• § 2 The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes 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• § 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code,…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, and article headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or…
• § 7 Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power may be exercised or duty…
• § 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 section of this code or to any law of this State or the United States or to the Articles of War or the rules and…
• § 10 “Section” means 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 singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
• § 13 “County” includes city and county.
• § 14 “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 15 “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 16 An oath authorized or required by Division 2 of this code or the regulations issued thereunder or the statutes or regulations governing the United States Army…
• § 17 “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a…
• § 18 Whenever used in this code, in specifying or defining the rights of employees of the State, or of any county, city and county, city, public district of any…
• § 19 “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.