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2011 California Code
Penal Code
PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680]
CHAPTER 8. False Imprisonment
Section 236
CA Penal Code § 236 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another.
(Enacted 1872.)
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