§ 31002 Definitions Application Scope

• •This part of the law explains what certain words mean.
• •These meanings are used in the whole section unless something says otherwise.
• •It was added to the law in 1970.

Imagine you're reading a rulebook for a game.

The rulebook has a part at the beginning that tells you what certain words mean. Whenever you see those words later in the rulebook, you use the meanings given in that part unless the rulebook says something different.