{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-662","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 662","heading":"","body":"No person is punishable for an omission to perform an act, where such act has been performed by another person acting in his behalf and competent by law to perform it.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS [654. - 678.]"],"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":"4a3446420f6505d7f67ff68e988ad06b9e30476c18fd090d805dd380182d80c3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-661","next":"us-ca/pen-663"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}