{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1358","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1358","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268. - 1424.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Examination of Witnesses on Commission [1349. - 1362.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 47.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If the commission and return be delivered by the Commissioner to an agent, he must deliver the same to the Clerk to whom it is directed, or to the Judge of the Court in which the action is pending, by whom it may be received and opened, upon the agent making affidavit that he received it from the hands of the Commissioner, and that it has not been opened or altered since he received it.</p>","text":"If the commission and return be delivered by the Commissioner to an agent, he must deliver the same to the Clerk to whom it is directed, or to the Judge of the Court in which the action is pending, by whom it may be received and opened, upon the agent making affidavit that he received it from the hands of the Commissioner, and that it has not been opened or altered since he received it.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/examination-of-witnesses-on-commission-1358","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}