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Code · California · Penal Code

§ 96.5

64 words·~1 min read·/ca/penal-code/96-5

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(a)Every judicial officer, court commissioner, or referee who commits any act that he or she knows perverts or obstructs justice, is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.
(b)Nothing in this section prohibits prosecution under paragraph
(5)of subdivision
(a)of Section 182 of the Penal Code or any other law.
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