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Penal Code § 283

CHAPTER 5. Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 283Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 264. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.

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.