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§ 726. — 726. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 355.)

California § 726.
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Title1.
Part 2.TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES
Ch. 5.CHAPTER 5. Suppression of Riots

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Where any number of persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully or riotously assembled, the sheriff of the county and his or her deputies, the officials governing the town or city, or any of them, must go among the persons assembled, or as near to them as possible, and command them, in the name of the people of the state, immediately to disperse.

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Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 355. Effective September 28, 1998.
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