ARTICLE 3. General Provisions [61341. - 61345.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 3.

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Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61341. Section 61341.

The director may adopt regulations for the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Any violation of any such regulation is subject to the remedies, procedures, and penalties which are provided in Article 10 (commencing with Section 61571) of this chapter.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61342. Section 61342.

The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed as being complementary of, and supplemental to, the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801) of this part. If a provision of this chapter and a similar provision of Chapter 2 is applicable to the same person and subject matter the provisions of Chapter 2 shall control. If a provision of this chapter is applicable to any person and subject matter as to which Chapter 2 makes no express provision, the provision of this chapter shall control.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61343. Section 61343.

Any person and subject matter to which this chapter is applicable is not subject to the provisions of the Unfair Practices Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61344. Section 61344.

This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid as applied to any person or as applied under certain circumstances, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any other person or under any other circumstances. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have enacted each article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter regardless of the fact that one or more other articles, sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases are declared unconstitutional or invalid.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61345. Section 61345.

(a) Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801), Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 62500), and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 62700) shall be liberally construed as being complementary of, and supplemental to, this chapter, and these chapters shall constitute a single comprehensive scheme for the regulation of the production and handling of milk and related educational and research activities. However, each of the chapters, and each article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, and phrase of each chapter is severable. (b) If one of the chapters or any article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of any one of the chapters is for any reason held void, invalid, or unconstitutional, the decision shall not affect the validity of any other chapter or any of its articles, sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases.

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