California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fullerton Union High School Dist. v. Riles, 139 Cal.App.3d 369, 188 Cal.Rptr. 897 (Cal. App. 1983):
The word "shall" imports futurity as well as command. And as used in the phrase "shall not have the right at a later date" is an express limitation on rights to file amended claims in the future. (People v. Allied Architects Assn., 201 Cal. 428, 437, 257 P. 511.)
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