§ 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 …
§ 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office …
§ 4 No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and …
§ 5 Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions …
§ 6 Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained …
§ 7 Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power is granted to a …
§ 8 Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of …
§ 9 Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any …
§ 10 “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is …
§ 11 The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future …
§ 12 The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
§ 12.2 “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by …
§ 13 The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number …
§ 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 …
§ 17.1 Unless otherwise provided under the provisions of this code, to the …
§ 18 If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any …
§ 19 It is the purpose of this code, in establishing programs and services …
§ 19.1 The purpose of the public social services for which state …
§ 21 (a) Whenever any reference is made in any provision of this code …
§ 22 Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 …
§ 23 Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 …
§ 24 The provisions of Chapter 1129 of the Statutes of 1975 amending …
§ 26 (a) For purposes of this code, “assessed value” means 25 percent …
§ 27 Each agency and department responsible for listing in regulations the …
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