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HARBORS AND NAVIGATION CODE
SECTION 1-25




1.  This act shall be known as the Harbors and Navigation Code.



2.  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,
and not as new enactments.


3.  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold
office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are
continued by this code, continue to hold them according to their
former tenure.


4.  Any action or proceeding commenced before this code takes
effect, and any right accrued, is not affected by this code, but all
procedure taken shall conform to the provisions of this code as far
as possible.


5.  Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these
definitions, rules of construction and general provisions shall
govern the construction of this code.



6.  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in
any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of
this code.


7.  Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a
public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be
performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized,
pursuant to law, by the officer, unless this code expressly provides
otherwise.



8.  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of
comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report,
statement, or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall
be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly
provided otherwise.



9.  Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any
other law of this state, such reference applies to all amendments
and additions now or hereafter made.



10.  "Section" means a section of this code unless some other
statute is specifically mentioned. Subdivision means a subdivision of
the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is
expressly mentioned.


11.  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the
future, the present.



12.  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.



13.  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the
singular.


14.  "County" includes city and county.



15.  "City" includes city and county.



16.  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.



17.  "Oath" includes affirmation.



18.  "Signature" or "subscription" includes mark when the signer or
subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being
written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the
signer's or subscriber's name; but a signature or subscription by
mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription
to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names
thereto.



19.  "Person" means any person, firm, association, organization,
partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation,
or company.


20.  "State" means the State of California, unless applied to the
different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes
the District of Columbia and the territories.



21.  "Vessel" includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, steamships,
canal boats, barges, sailing vessels, and every structure adapted to
be navigated from place to place for the transportation of
merchandise or persons.


22.  "Steam vessel" means any vessel which is propelled by
machinery.


23.  "Wharf" includes pier, quay, or landing.



24.  "Goods" includes wares or merchandise.



25.  If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the
code, or the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.