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2025 California Code
Labor Code - LAB
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 23.
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CA Labor Code § 23 (2025)
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23. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed, every offense declared by this code to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 187. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
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