Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 2. MODE OF PROSECUTION [737 - 745]
( Title 2 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) 738.
Before an information is filed there must be a preliminary examination of the case against the defendant and an order holding him to answer made under Section 872. The proceeding for a preliminary examination must be commenced by written complaint, as provided elsewhere in this code.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.)