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Cal. Penal Code § 133

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

Part of Chapter 6: Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 133

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 § 133Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Every person who practices any fraud or deceit, or knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement, representation, token, or writing, to any witness or person about to be called as a witness upon any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized by law, with intent to affect the testimony of such witness, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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