Cal. Evid. Code § 940 : CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE CODE — PRIVILEGES — PARTICULAR PRIVILEGES — PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION — Privilege established TEXT PDF To the extent that such privilege exists under the Constitution of the United States or the State of California, a person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter that may tend to incriminate him. Ca. Evid. Code § 940 Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.