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California Penal Code

§ 12

PEN § 12
The several sections of this Code which declare certain crimes to be punishable as therein mentioned, devolve a duty upon the Court authorized to pass sentence, to determine and impose the punishment prescribed.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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