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Penal Code § 38

TITLE 3. OF OFFENSES AGAINST THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATE

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 38Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 233. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.

Misprision of treason is the knowledge and concealment of treason, without otherwise assenting to or participating in the crime. It is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.