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PEN § 149
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Code - PEN
- PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]
- TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]
- CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]
Every public officer who, under color of authority, without lawful necessity, assaults or beats any person, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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