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Code · California · Penal Code

§ 423.5

362 words·~2 min read·/ca/penal-code/423-5

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(1)The court in which a criminal or civil proceeding is filed for a violation of subdivision (a), (c), or
(e)of Section 423.2 shall take all action reasonably required, including granting restraining orders, to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of either of the following:
(A)A reproductive health services client, provider, or assistant who is a party or witness in the proceeding.
(B)A person who is a victim of, or at risk of becoming a victim of, conduct prohibited by subdivision (a), (c), or
(e)of Section 423.2.
(2)The court in which a criminal or civil proceeding is filed for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), or
(f)of Section 423.2 shall take all action reasonably required, including granting restraining orders, to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of either of the following:
(A)A person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.
(B)An entity that owns or operates a place of religious worship.
(b)Restraining orders issued pursuant to paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(a)may include provisions prohibiting or restricting the photographing of persons described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(a)when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons. Restraining orders issued pursuant to paragraph
(2)of subdivision
(a)may include provisions prohibiting or restricting the photographing of persons described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(2)of subdivision
(a)when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons.
(c)A court may, in its discretion, permit an individual described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(a)to use a pseudonym in a civil proceeding described in paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(a)when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons. A court may, in its discretion, permit an individual described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph
(2)of subdivision
(a)to use a pseudonym in a civil proceeding described in paragraph
(2)of subdivision
(a)when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons.
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