{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-133","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 133","heading":"","body":"Every person who practices any fraud or deceit, or knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement, representation, token, or writing, to any witness or person about to be called as a witness upon any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized by law, with intent to affect the testimony of such witness, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","CHAPTER 6. Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses [132. - 141.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5d2936b42f8cf40f990c67d985a8783fea6273b63ec74109fe4e331fb87fc4b0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-132.5","next":"us-ca/pen-134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}