{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 5","heading":"","body":"The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f29b1f12a96f7a30976d378c382e844c83ef35936f9a2cfe3757024ac37a8016","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-4","next":"us-ca/ccp-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}