Code Section

Penal Code - PEN

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

  ( Preliminary Provisions enacted 1872. )
  
15.  

A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments:

1. Death;

2. Imprisonment;

3. Fine;

4. Removal from office; or,

5. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit in this State.

(Enacted 1872.)