When an act or omission is declared by a statute to be a public offense and no penalty for the offense is prescribed in any statute, the act or omission is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Cal. Penal Code § 19.4
THE ACT
Known as the The Penal Code
The act spans §§ 1–24 (34 sections).
Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 897, Sec. 11.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.