TITLE 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Title 16 enacted 1872.

§§ 654–678 · 48 sections

§ 654 (a) An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law may be punished under either of such provisions, but in no case…
§ 654.1 It shall be unlawful for any person, acting individually or as an officer or employee of a corporation, or as a member of a copartnership or as a commission…
§ 654.2 The provisions of Section 654.1 of the Penal Code shall not apply to the selling, furnishing, or providing of transportation of any person or persons in any of…
§ 654.3 Violation of Section 654.1 shall be a misdemeanor, and upon first conviction the punishment shall be a fine of not over five hundred dollars ($500), or…
§ 655 An act or omission declared punishable by this Code is not less so because it is also punishable under the laws of another State, Government, or country,…
§ 656 Whenever on the trial of an accused person it appears that upon a criminal prosecution under the laws of the United States, or of another state or territory of…
§ 656.5 Any person convicted of a crime based upon an act or omission for which he or she has been acquitted or convicted in another country shall be entitled to…
§ 656.6 No international treaties or laws shall be violated to secure the return of a person who has been convicted in another country of a crime committed in…
§ 657 A criminal act is not the less punishable as a crime because it is also declared to be punishable as a contempt.
§ 658 When it appears, at the time of passing sentence upon a person convicted upon indictment, that such person has already paid a fine or suffered an imprisonment…
§ 659 Whenever an act is declared a misdemeanor, and no punishment for counseling or aiding in the commission of such act is expressly prescribed by law, every…
§ 660 In the various cases in which the sending of a letter is made criminal by this Code, the offense is deemed complete from the time when such letter is deposited…
§ 661 In addition to the penalty affixed by express terms, to every neglect or violation of official duty on the part of public officers, State, county, city, or…
§ 662 No person is punishable for an omission to perform an act, where such act has been performed by another person acting in his behalf and competent by law to…
§ 663 Any person may be convicted of an attempt to commit a crime, although it appears on the trial that the crime intended or attempted was perpetrated by such…
§ 664 Every person who attempts to commit any crime, but fails, or is prevented or intercepted in its perpetration, shall be punished where no provision is made by…
§ 665 Sections 663 and 664 do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, accomplishes the commission of another and different crime,…
§ 666 (a) Notwithstanding Section 490, any person described in subdivision (b) who, having been convicted of petty theft, grand theft, a conviction pursuant to…
§ 666.1 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who has two or more prior convictions for any of the offenses listed in paragraph (2), and who is convicted of…
§ 666.5 (a) Every person who, having been previously convicted of a felony violation of Section 10851 of the Vehicle Code, or felony grand theft involving an…
§ 667 (a) (1) A person convicted of a serious felony who previously has been convicted of a serious felony in this state or of any offense committed in another…
§ 667.1 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (h) of Section 667, for all offenses committed on or after November 7, 2012, but before January 1, 2024, all references to…
§ 667.2 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that assisting offenders released pursuant to Proposition 36, adopted at the November 6, 2012, statewide general…
§ 667.5 Enhancement of prison terms for new offenses because of prior prison terms shall be imposed as follows: (a) If one of the new offenses is one of the violent…
§ 667.51 (a) A person who is convicted of violating Section 288 or 288.5 shall receive a five-year enhancement for a prior conviction of an offense specified in…
§ 667.6 (a) A person who is convicted of an offense specified in subdivision (e) and who has been convicted previously of any of those offenses shall receive a…
§ 667.61 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (j), (l), or (m), a person who is convicted of an offense specified in subdivision (c) under one or more of the…
§ 667.7 (a) Any person convicted of a felony in which the person inflicted great bodily injury as provided in Section 12022.53 or 12022.7, or personally used force…
§ 667.70 Any person who is convicted of murder, which was committed prior to June 3, 1998, and sentenced pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 667.7,…
§ 667.71 (a) For the purpose of this section, a habitual sexual offender is a person who has been previously convicted of one or more of the offenses specified in…
§ 667.75 Any person convicted of a violation of Section 11353, 11353.5, 11361, 11380, or 11380.5 of the Health and Safety Code who has previously served two or more…
§ 667.8 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person convicted of a felony violation of Section 261, 264.1, 286, 287, or 289 or former Section 262 or 288a who,…
§ 667.85 Any person convicted of a violation of Section 207 or 209, who kidnapped or carried away any child under the age of 14 years with the intent to permanently…
§ 667.9 (a) A person who commits one or more of the crimes specified in subdivision (c) against a person who is 65 years of age or older, or against a person who is…
§ 667.95 In sentencing a person convicted of a violent felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, the court may consider, as a factor in aggravation, that the…
§ 667.10 (a) Any person who has a prior conviction of the offense set forth in Section 289 and who commits that crime against a person who is 65 years of age or older,…
§ 667.15 Any adult who, prior to or during the commission or attempted commission of a violation of Section 288 or 288.5, exhibits to the minor any matter, as defined…
§ 667.16 (a) Any person convicted of a felony violation of Section 470, 487, or 532 as part of a plan or scheme to defraud an owner of a residential or nonresidential…
§ 667.17 Any person who violates the provisions of Section 538d during the commission of a felony shall receive an additional one-year term of imprisonment to be…
§ 668 Every person who has been convicted in any other state, government, country, or jurisdiction of an offense for which, if committed within this state, that…
§ 668.5 An offense specified as a prior felony conviction by reference to a specific code section shall include any prior felony conviction under any predecessor…
§ 669 (a) When a person is convicted of two or more crimes, whether in the same proceeding or court or in different proceedings or courts, and whether by judgment…
§ 670 (a) Any person who violates Section 7158 or 7159 of, or subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e) of Section 7161 of, the Business and Professions Code or Section 470,…
§ 672 Upon a conviction for any crime punishable by imprisonment in any jail or prison, in relation to which no fine is herein prescribed, the court may impose a…
§ 673 It shall be unlawful to use in the reformatories, institutions, jails, state hospitals or any other state, county, or city institution any cruel, corporal or…
§ 674 (a) Any person who is a primary care provider in a day care facility and who is convicted of a felony violation of Section 261, 285, 286, 287, 288, or 289 or…
§ 675 (a) Any person suffering a felony conviction for a violation of subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 261.5, paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b) or paragraph…
§ 678 Whenever in this code the character or grade of an offense, or its punishment, is made to depend upon the value of property, such value shall be estimated…