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§ 9053.5. — 9053.5. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.)

California § 9053.5.
JurisdictionCalifornia
Code GOVGovernment Code - GOV
Div.2.
Title 2.DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Part 1.PART 1. LEGISLATURE
Ch. 1.5.CHAPTER 1.5. General
Art. 3.ARTICLE 3. Crimes Against the Legislative Power

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(a)Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to defame a particular legislator, publishes or causes to be published any writing which purports to be a facsimile of an actual bill or resolution, or any part thereof, of the California Legislature, which is not an exact copy of a bill or resolution, or part thereof, which has been introduced in the Legislature, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.

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Legislative History

Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.

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