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Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 6 - PLEADINGS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Arraignment of the Defendant
Section 990.
CA Penal Code § 990 through (2015) Leg Sess What's This?
990. If on the arraignment, the defendant requires it, the defendant must be allowed a reasonable time to answer, which shall be not less than one day in a felony case and not more than seven days in a misdemeanor or infraction case.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 380. Effective September 28, 1998.)
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