Except as provided in Section 22215 and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives, lends, or possesses any leaded cane, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a billy, blackjack, sandbag, sandclub, sap, or slungshot, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
Cal. Penal Code § 22210
SAPS AND SIMILAR WEAPONS
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case People v. Leonard (2017)
Most recently applied in People v. Leonard (September 2017)
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 97
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