This chapter shall be liberally construed that its beneficial purposes may be subserved.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17002
General Provisions
Known as the Unfair Practices Act
The act spans §§ 17000–17101 (53 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 147 Cal. App. 3d 256 - G.H.I.I. v. MTS, Inc. (1983)
Most recently applied in 405 F. Supp. 2d 1141 - Standfacts Credit Services, Inc. v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (December 2005)
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.