{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"5","citation":"Pen. Code, § 5","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>The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.</p>","text":"The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/preliminary-provisions-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}