Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777 - 883]
( Heading of Title 3 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) CHAPTER 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made [833 - 851.93]
( Chapter 5 enacted 1872. ) 838.
A magistrate may orally order a peace officer or private person to arrest any one committing or attempting to commit a public offense in the presence of such magistrate.
(Enacted 1872.)