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Cal. Penal Code § 939.9

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

Part of Chapter 3: Powers and Duties of Grand Jury, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 939.9

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 § 939.9Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
A grand jury shall make no report, declaration, or recommendation on any matter except on the basis of its own investigation of the matter made by such grand jury. A grand jury shall not adopt as its own the recommendation of another grand jury unless the grand jury adopting such recommendation does so after its own investigation of the matter as to which the recommendation is made, as required by this section.

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