2025 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 10 - MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 2 - Who May Be Witnesses in Criminal Actions
Section 1321.

Universal Citation:
CA Penal Code § 1321 (2025)
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1321. The rules for determining the competency of witnesses in civil actions are applicable also to criminal actions and proceedings, except as otherwise provided in this Code.

(Enacted 1872.)

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