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Penal Code - PEN

PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]

  ( Part 2 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 5. THE PLEADINGS [940 - 973]

  ( Heading of Title 5 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. )
  

CHAPTER 2. Rules of Pleading [948 - 973]
  ( Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. )

  
950.  

The accusatory pleading must contain:

1. The title of the action, specifying the name of the court to which the same is presented, and the names of the parties;

2. A statement of the public offense or offenses charged therein.

(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.)