{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-265","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 265","heading":"","body":"(a) A person who compels another person, unlawfully, against their will, and by force, menace, or duress, to marry them or to marry another person shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.\n(b) This section shall be applied equally regardless of the age of the victim of a forced marriage at the time of the forced marriage.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261. - 368.7.]","CHAPTER 1. Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse of Children, and Seduction [261. - 269.]"],"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":"318003ba41441432df3443fe833e11d065a1b887d21fdbd2ea7461dfc3a3e12c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-264.2","next":"us-ca/pen-266"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}