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Pen. Code, § 656.6 · Title 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Pen. Code, § 656.6

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

No international treaties or laws shall be violated to secure the return of a person who has been convicted in another country of a crime committed in California in order to prosecute the person in California.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 511, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.

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=656.6.
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