Pen. Code, § 19.6 · . PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Pen. Code, § 19.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is arrested and not released on his or her written promise to appear, his or her own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by renumbering Section 19c by Stats. 1989, Ch. 897, Sec. 8.
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Cited by 10 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 19.6. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 146Printed as Sections 19.6 and 19.7 of the Penal Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7414.2Printed as Sections 19.6 and 19.7 of the Penal Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7574.32Printed as Sections 19.6 and 19.7 of the Penal Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7582.05Printed as Sections 19.6 and 19.7 of the Penal Code
Penal Code
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