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Penal Code - PEN
PART 6 - CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS
TITLE 2 - WEAPONS GENERALLY
DIVISION 5 - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, AND SIMILAR WEAPONS
CHAPTER 1 - Destructive Devices and Explosives Generally
ARTICLE 1 - Prohibited Acts
Section 18740.
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CA Penal Code § 18740 (2018)
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18740.
Every person who possesses, explodes, ignites, or attempts to explode or ignite any destructive device or any explosive with intent to injure, intimidate, or terrify any person, or with intent to wrongfully injure or destroy any property, is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for a period of three, five, or seven years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 536. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Amending action operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68. Section operative January 1, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 10.)
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