{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-266g","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 266g","heading":"","body":"Every man who, by force, intimidation, threats, persuasion, promises, or any other means, places or leaves, or procures any other person or persons to place or leave, his wife in a house of prostitution, or connives at or consents to, or permits, the placing or leaving of his wife in a house of prostitution, or allows or permits her to remain therein, is guilty of a felony and punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years; and in all prosecutions under this section a wife is a competent witness against her husband.","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":"5d4ea4ad44fc71146f6fa420d2a45e5933f6555bf08a0c81f862cb2e1d253ee2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-266f","next":"us-ca/pen-266h"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}