California Statutes
§ 157. — 157. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 266.)
California § 157.
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Part 1.TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
Ch. 7.CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice
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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 157. (2026).
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Every person to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education, or any other purpose, who, with intent to deceive any parent or guardian of that child, substitutes or produces to that parent or guardian another child in the place of the one so confided, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 266. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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