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California · Through 2026-09-13

PEN § 513

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  1. Penal Code - PEN
  2. PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]
  3. TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]
  4. CHAPTER 6. Embezzlement [503. - 515.]

Whenever, prior to an information laid before a magistrate, or an indictment found by a grand jury, charging the commission of embezzlement, the person accused voluntarily and actually restores or tenders restoration of the property alleged to have been embezzled, or any part thereof, such fact is not a ground of defense, but it authorizes the court to mitigate punishment, in its discretion.

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