Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
Cal. Gov. Code § 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Known as the Government Code
The act spans §§ 1–26 (35 sections).
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 32 Cal. 2d 351 - Hollman v. Warren (1948)
Most recently applied in 84 Cal. App. 4th 605 - Walt Rankin & Associates, Inc. v. City of Murrieta (October 2000)
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.
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.