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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 2 - Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
Section 940.
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CA Ev Code § 940 (2025)
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940. To the extent that such privilege exists under the Constitution of the United States or the State of California, a person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter that may tend to incriminate him.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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