{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"96.5","citation":"Pen. Code, § 96.5","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 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Bribery and Corruption [92. - 100.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 853, Sec. 7.   Effective January 1, 2000.","effective":"2000-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Every judicial officer, court commissioner, or referee who commits any act that he or she knows perverts or obstructs justice, is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.</p><p>(b) Nothing in this section prohibits prosecution under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/pen/182\">182</a> of the Penal Code or any other law.</p>","text":"(a) Every judicial officer, court commissioner, or referee who commits any act that he or she knows perverts or obstructs justice, is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year. (b) Nothing in this section prohibits prosecution under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 182 of the Penal Code or any other law.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/bribery-and-corruption-96-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}