{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-19.4","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 19.4","heading":"","body":"When an act or omission is declared by a statute to be a public offense and no penalty for the offense is prescribed in any statute, the act or omission is punishable as a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS"],"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":"0484075fc4731d7b7554bf64014b30e9e10ce2e373344078d8e819be29dd5b7b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-19.2","next":"us-ca/pen-19.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}