GENERAL PROVISIONS

General Provisions enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.

§§ 1–18 · 19 sections

• § 1 This act shall be known as the Public Resources 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• § 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code,…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.
• § 12.2 “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 If any provison 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…