Chapter 1 — ALL OCCUPANCIES—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 100.1 — DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

2025 California Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California

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(a) Rules of Construction. 1. Where the context requires, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. 2. The use of “and” in a conjunctive provision means that all elements in the provision must be complied with or must exist to make the provision applicable. Where compliance with one or more elements suffices, or where existence of one or more elements makes the provision applicable, “or” (rather than “and/or”) is used. 3. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (b) Definitions. Terms, phrases, words and their derivatives in Part 6 shall be defined as…