Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 16700. Section 16700.
The provisions of this chapter are cumulative of each other and of any other provision of law relating to the same subject in effect May 22, 1907.
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [16700. - 16703.]
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC 1.
in effectCal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 16701. Section 16701.
Section 24 of this code shall not determine the separability of the provisions of this chapter, one from another. Such separability shall be determined by whether the provisions of Chapter 530 of the Statutes of 1907 and the provisions of Chapter 362 of the Statutes of 1909 are separable among themselves and as to each other.
If the words “or reduce” (following the word “increase”) were not effectively deleted from Subdivision 2 of Section 1 of Chapter 530 of the Statutes of 1907 by Section 1 of Chapter 362 of the Statutes of 1909, a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons for the purpose of reducing the price of merchandise or of any commodity is a trust.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 16702. Section 16702.
As used in this chapter “person” or “persons” includes corporations, firms, partnerships and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of this State or any other State, or any foreign country.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 16703. Section 16703.
Within the meaning of this chapter, labor, whether skilled or unskilled, is not a commodity.
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