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Cal. Penal Code § 13

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Part preliminary: Preliminary Provisions, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 13

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 13Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Whenever in this Code the punishment for a crime is left undetermined between certain limits, the punishment to be inflicted in a particular case must be determined by the Court authorized to pass sentence, within such limits as may be prescribed by this Code.

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