GENERAL PROVISIONS
General Provisions enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.
§§ 1–27 · 28 sections
- § 1 This act shall be known as the Welfare and Institutions Code.
- § 2 The provisions of this code, in so far 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- § 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code,…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 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, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power may be exercised or the 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 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, and “subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that…
- § 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” 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…
- § 17.1 Unless otherwise provided under this code, including, but not limited to, Sections 366.31 and 375, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law, the…
- § 18 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…
- § 19 It is the purpose of this code, in establishing programs and services which are designed to provide protection, support or care of children, to provide…
- § 19.1 The purpose of the public social services for which state grants-in-aid are made to counties are: (a) To provide on behalf of the general public, and within…
- § 21 (a) Whenever any reference is made in any provision of this code to the “State Department of Benefit Payments” or the “Department of Benefit Payments” with…
- § 22 Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or Chapter…
- § 23 Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code relating…
- § 24 The provisions of Chapter 1129 of the Statutes of 1975 amending Sections 17.1, 739, 883, 1050, 1711, 1760.4, 10000, 10617, 11250.5, 11307, 11310, 11325, 17102…
- § 26 (a) For purposes of this code, “assessed value” means 25 percent of full value to, and including, the 1980–81 fiscal year, and 100 percent of full value for…
- § 27 Each agency and department responsible for listing in regulations the rights of children under this division shall incorporate the rights of foster children,…