California · Penal Code

PEN §14: The various sections of this Code which declare that evidence obtained upon the examination of a person as a witness cannot be received against him in any criminal proceeding, do not forbid such evide

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This statute clarifies that evidence obtained from a witness's testimony, normally inadmissible against that person in criminal proceedings, may be used against them in perjury prosecutions arising from that same testimony.

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The various sections of this Code which declare that evidence obtained upon the examination of a person as a witness cannot be received against him in any criminal proceeding, do not forbid such evidence being proved against such person upon any proceedings founded upon a charge of perjury committed in such examination.

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