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Penal Code § 985

CHAPTER 1. Of the Arraignment of the Defendant

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 985Official source ↗

Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 47.

When the information or indictment is for a felony, and the defendant, before the filing thereof, has given bail for his appearance to answer the charge, the Court to which the indictment or information is presented, or in which it is pending, may order the defendant to be committed to actual custody, unless he gives bail in an increased amount, to be specified in the order.