Code Section

Penal Code - PEN

PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4]

  ( Part 1 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS [654 - 678]

  ( Title 16 enacted 1872. )
  
662.  

No person is punishable for an omission to perform an act, where such act has been performed by another person acting in his behalf and competent by law to perform it.

(Enacted 1872.)