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California Penal Code

§ 287

PEN § 287 Effective Jan 1, 2019Title 9 · Part 1 · Ch. 5

Statute text

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(a)Oral copulation is the act of copulating the mouth of one person with the sexual organ or anus of another person.
(b)(1) Except as provided in Section 288, any person who participates in an act of oral copulation with another person who is under 18 years of age shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail for a period of not more than one year.
(2)Except as provided in Section 288, any person over 21 years of age who participates in an act of oral copulation with another person who is under 16 years of age is guilty of a felony.
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Legislative history

Added by renumbering Section 288a by Stats. 2018, Ch. 423, Sec. 49. (SB 1494) Effective January 1, 2019.

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