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Penal Code - PEN

PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006 - 14315]

  ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1385. )
  

TITLE 7.5. THE HERTZBERG-LESLIE WITNESS PROTECTION ACT [14020 - 14033]

  ( Title 7.5 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 507, Sec. 1. )
  
14023.  

The Attorney General shall give priority to matters involving organized crime, gang activities, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cases involving a high degree of risk to the witness. Special regard shall also be given to the elderly, the young, battered, victims of domestic violence, the infirm, the handicapped, and victims of hate incidents.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 240, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2006.)