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2025 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 2 - MODE OF PROSECUTION
Section 738.
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CA Penal Code § 738 (2025)
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738. Before an information is filed there must be a preliminary examination of the case against the defendant and an order holding him to answer made under Section 872. The proceeding for a preliminary examination must be commenced by written complaint, as provided elsewhere in this code.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.)
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