The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Known as the Welfare and Institutions Code
The act spans §§ 1–27 (28 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Department of Mental Hygiene v. McGilvery (1958)
Most recently applied in 85 Cal. App. 4th 946 - In Re Francisco S. (December 2000)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.
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.