Pen. Code, § 872.5 · Chapter 7. Examination of the Case, and Discharge of the Defendant, or Holding Him to Answer

Pen. Code, § 872.5

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Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 1520) of Chapter 2 of Division 11 of the Evidence Code, in a preliminary examination the content of a writing may be proved by an otherwise admissible original or otherwise admissible secondary evidence.

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History

Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 100, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1999.

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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=872.5.
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Evidence Code

Evid. Code, div. 11, ch. 2, art. 1Proof of the Content of a WritingPrinted as Article 1 (commencing with Section 1520) of Chapter 2 of Division 11 of the Evidence Code

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