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Of Crimes Against The Person Involving Sexual Assault, And Crimes Against Public Decency And Good Morals — California Penal Code — Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse Of Children, And Seduction — Unlawful marriage

Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

Every person who takes any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace or duress, compels her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

Ca. Pen. Code § 265
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011.
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 303, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.