Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268 - 1424.5]
( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 8. Dismissal of the Action for Want of Prosecution or Otherwise [1381 - 1388]
( Heading of Chapter 8 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) 1386.
The entry of a nolle prosequi is abolished, and neither the Attorney General nor the district attorney can discontinue or abandon a prosecution for a public offense, except as provided in Section 1385.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 93.)