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California Penal Code

§ 13

PEN § 13
Whenever in this Code the punishment for a crime is left undetermined between certain limits, the punishment to be inflicted in a particular case must be determined by the Court authorized to pass sentence, within such limits as may be prescribed by this Code.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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