{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"283","citation":"Pen. Code, § 283","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 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261. - 368.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature [281. - 289.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-9/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 264.   Effective September 27, 1983.   Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.","effective":"1983-09-27","html":"<p>Bigamy is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.</p>","text":"Bigamy is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/bigamy-incest-and-the-crime-against-nature-283","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}