California Financial Code GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Section 1.
  This act is known and may be cited as the Financial Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 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 construed...
• Section 3.
  Any action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, or any right accrued, is not affected by this code, but all procedure taken shall...
• Section 4.
  Unless the context otherwise requires the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 5.
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.(Enacted by...
• Section 6.
  Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty imposed on any person or board by any provision of this code, it may be exercised...
• Section 7.
  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law, the reference applies to all amendments and additions thereto,...
• Section 8.
  “Writing” includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, petition, permit, statement, or record is required...
• Section 9.
  “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned, and “subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which the...
• Section 10.
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 11.
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 11.2.
  “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 36. (SB 1005) Effective January...
• Section 12.
  The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 13.
  “City” includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town and incorporated town.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 14.
  “County” includes city and county.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 15.
  “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 16.
  “Oath” includes affirmation.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 17.
  “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark. The mark shall be made as required in the Civil Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
• Section 18.
  “Person” includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind.(Amended by Stats. 1994,...
• Section 19.
  If any provision of this code, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application...
• Section 20.
  The existence of corporations formed or existing on the date this code takes effect is not affected by the enactment of this code nor by...
• Section 21.
  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...
• Section 22.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 2 shall be known and may be cited as the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018