{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"4852","citation":"Pen. Code, § 4852","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 6. REPRIEVES, PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS [4800. - 4906.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Duties of Supreme Court [4850. - 4852.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-6/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 36, Sec. 20.   (AB 452)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>If a majority of the justices recommend that clemency be granted, the Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court shall transmit the application, together with all papers and documents filed in the case, to the Governor; otherwise the documents shall remain in the files of the court.</p>","text":"If a majority of the justices recommend that clemency be granted, the Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court shall transmit the application, together with all papers and documents filed in the case, to the Governor; otherwise the documents shall remain in the files of the court.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/duties-of-supreme-court-4852","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}