Is statutory language "does not more than codify a general rule of construction" applicable as well as codifying a general Rule of Construction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Navarra, 16 Cal.App.5th 173, 223 Cal.Rptr.3d 820 (Cal. App. 2017):
statutory language " does no more than codify a general rule of construction, applicable as well to statutes containing no such provision. [Citations.] [Citation.]" ( Stenger v. Anderson (1967) 66 Cal.2d 970, 977, fn. 13, 59 Cal.Rptr. 844, 429 P.2d 164.)
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