{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-313.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 313.3","heading":"","body":"It shall be a defense in any prosecution for a violation of this chapter that the act charged was committed in aid of legitimate scientific or educational purposes.","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 7.6. Harmful Matter [313. - 313.5.]"],"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":"d8fc2366826a3f86fd8bdcca364a246bd504d98de2d4d335dc7ac962ff402be0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-313.2","next":"us-ca/pen-313.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}