Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 11. PROCEEDINGS IN MISDEMEANOR AND INFRACTION CASES AND APPEALS FROM SUCH CASES [1427 - 1471]
( Heading of Title 11 amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 407. ) CHAPTER 1. Proceedings in Misdemeanor and Infraction Cases [1427 - 1465.9]
( Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 408. ) 1447.
When the defendant is acquitted in a misdemeanor or infraction case, if the court certifies in the minutes that the prosecution was malicious and without probable cause, the court may order the complainant to pay the costs of the action, or to give an undertaking to pay the costs within 30 days after the trial.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 413. Effective September 28, 1998.)