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California · Through 2026-09-13

PEN § 96.5

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Penal Code - PEN
  2. PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]
  3. TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]
  4. CHAPTER 1. Bribery and Corruption [92. - 100.]

(a) Every judicial officer, court commissioner, or referee who commits any act that he or she knows perverts or obstructs justice, is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.

(b) Nothing in this section prohibits prosecution under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 182 of the Penal Code or any other law.

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