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Penal Code - PEN

PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000 - 34400]

  ( Part 6 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )
  

TITLE 2. WEAPONS GENERALLY [17500 - 19405]

  ( Title 2 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )
  

DIVISION 5. DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, AND SIMILAR WEAPONS [18710 - 19290]

  ( Division 5 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Destructive Devices and Explosives Generally [18710 - 19000]

  ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )
  

ARTICLE 1. Prohibited Acts [18710 - 18780]
  ( Article 1 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )

  
18720.  

Every person who possesses any substance, material, or any combination of substances or materials, with the intent to make any destructive device or any explosive without first obtaining a valid permit to make that destructive device or explosive, is guilty of a felony, and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or four years.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 532. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Amending action operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68. Section operative January 1, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 10.)