This Code takes effect at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
Cal. Penal Code § 2
THE ACT
Known as the The Penal Code
The act spans §§ 1–24 (34 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 13 Cal. 5th 152 - People v. Padilla (2022)
Most recently applied in 13 Cal. 5th 152 - People v. Padilla (May 2022)
Enacted 1872.
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