(a) The classification and organization of the titles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions and sections of this Code, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the individual sections of this Code, except the section numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such sections, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such section. All historical citations and notes set out in this Code are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.
Section 1-1-1 - Meaning of Certain Words and Terms.
Section 1-1-2 - Tenses; Gender; Singular and Plural; Joint Authority.
Section 1-1-3 - "Blind Person" Defined; How Blindness Proved.
Section 1-1-4 - Computation of Time.
Section 1-1-5 - Public Offenses Defined.
Section 1-1-6 - Certain Acts or Omissions Not Public Offenses.
Section 1-1-8 - When Penal Acts Take Effect.
Section 1-1-9 - Existing Rights, Remedies and Defenses Preserved.
Section 1-1-11 - Repealed Laws Not Revived.
Section 1-1-13 - Previous Validating Acts Not Repealed.
Section 1-1-15 - References to Sections, Titles, Etc.
Section 1-1-16 - Severability of Provisions of Code and Statutes.