Food & Agr. Code, § 19348.5 · Article 8. General Provisions

Food & Agr. Code, § 19348.5

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Every person who transports a live horse or horses to a slaughterhouse subject to licensing under this chapter shall provide such horse or horses with adequate food and water. A violation of this section shall constitute cruelty to an animal within the meaning of Section 597a of the Penal Code.

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History

Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 161.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=19348.5.
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Penal Code

Pen. Code, § 597aPrinted as Section 597a of the Penal Code

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