{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"18755","citation":"Pen. Code, § 18755","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6"},{"name":"TITLE 2. WEAPONS GENERALLY [17500. - 19405.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, AND SIMILAR WEAPONS [18710. - 19290.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Destructive Devices and Explosives Generally [18710. - 19000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-5/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Prohibited Acts [18710. - 18780.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-5/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.   (SB 1080)   Effective January 1, 2011.   Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Every person who willfully and maliciously explodes or ignites any destructive device or any explosive that causes the death of any person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole. </p><p>(b) Every person who willfully and maliciously explodes or ignites any destructive device or any explosive that causes mayhem or great bodily injury to any person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life.</p>","text":"(a) Every person who willfully and maliciously explodes or ignites any destructive device or any explosive that causes the death of any person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole. (b) Every person who willfully and maliciously explodes or ignites any destructive device or any explosive that causes mayhem or great bodily injury to any person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/prohibited-acts-18755","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}