{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"2","citation":"Pen. Code, § 2","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/preliminary-provisions"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>This Code takes effect at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.</p>","text":"This Code takes effect at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/preliminary-provisions-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}