No part of this title shall be construed as interfering with any of the laws of this state known as the “game laws,” or any laws for or against the destruction of certain birds, nor must this title be construed as interfering with the right to destroy any venomous reptile, or any animal known as dangerous to life, limb, or property, or to interfere with the right to kill all animals used for food, or with properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations performed under the authority of the faculty of a regularly incorporated medical college or university of this state.
Cal. Penal Code § 599c
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Simpson v. City of Los Angeles (1953)
Most recently applied in 490 F. App'x 890 - Lorenzo Oliver v. City of Anaheim (August 2012)
Added by Stats. 1905, Ch. 519.
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