{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"243.15","citation":"Pen. Code, § 243.15","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Assault and Battery [240. - 248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-8/chapter-9"}],"history":"Added by renumbering Section 4131.5 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 499, Sec. 4.   (SB 795)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a>, or in a county jail for not more than one year.</p>","text":"Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail for not more than one year.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/assault-and-battery-243-15","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}