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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.)