Pen. Code, § 1 · . TITLE OF THE ACT

Pen. Code, § 1

Verbatim from the official edition

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

This Act shall be known as The Penal Code of California, and is divided into four parts, as follows:

I.—OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

II.—OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

III.—OF THE STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS.

IV.—OF PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 367, Sec. 1.

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=PEN&sectionNum=1.
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