Pen. Code, § 212 · Chapter 4. Robbery
Pen. Code, § 212
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The fear mentioned in Section 211 may be either:
1. The fear of an unlawful injury to the person or property of the person robbed, or of any relative of his or member of his family; or,
2. The fear of an immediate and unlawful injury to the person or property of anyone in the company of the person robbed at the time of the robbery.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 372.
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