{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1404","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1404","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 11. Errors and Mistakes in Pleadings and Other Proceedings [1404. - 1405.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10/chapter-11"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Neither a departure from the form or mode prescribed by this Code in respect to any pleading or proceeding, nor an error or mistake therein, renders it invalid, unless it has actually prejudiced the defendant, or tended to his prejudice, in respect to a substantial right.</p>","text":"Neither a departure from the form or mode prescribed by this Code in respect to any pleading or proceeding, nor an error or mistake therein, renders it invalid, unless it has actually prejudiced the defendant, or tended to his prejudice, in respect to a substantial right.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/errors-and-mistakes-in-pleadings-and-other-proceedings-1404","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}