Penal Code § 1

TITLE OF THE ACT

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 367, Sec. 1.

This Act shall be known as The Penal Code of California, and is divided into four parts, as follows:

I.—OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

II.—OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

III.—OF THE STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS.

IV.—OF PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS.