Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.
Cal. Lab. Code § 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Known as the Labor Code
The act spans §§ 1–29 (34 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 27 Cal. 3d 99 - Jones v. Tracy School District (1980)
Most recently applied in Valenzuela v. Giumarra Vineyards Corp. (March 2009)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
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.