The catchlines of the several sections of this code printed in boldface type, titles, headings, chapter heads, section and subsection heads or titles, editor’s notes, history notes, cross-references and state law references, unless set out in the body of the section itself, contained in this code, shall not constitute any part of the law, and are intended merely to indicate, explain, supplement or clarify the contents of a section.
(1977 Code, § 1-3)