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Elections Code - ELEC

DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000 - 18700]

  ( Division 18 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )
  

CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600 - 18680]

  ( Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )
  

ARTICLE 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing [18630 - 18631]
  ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )

  
18631.  

Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)