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PEN § 697

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Penal Code - PEN
  2. PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]
  3. TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]
  4. CHAPTER 2. Of the Intervention of the Officers of Justice [697. - 698.]

Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:

1. By requiring security to keep the peace;

2. By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places;

3. By suppressing riots.

Collected 2026-09-14T05:56:33Z. Source file · JSON

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