California · Penal Code

PEN §9: The omission to specify or affirm in this Code any liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture, or other remedy imposed by law and allowed to be recovered or enforced in any civil action or proceeding,

Civil

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This statute preserves civil remedies and penalties for acts declared punishable in the code, even if those remedies are not explicitly listed in the code itself.

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The omission to specify or affirm in this Code any liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture, or other remedy imposed by law and allowed to be recovered or enforced in any civil action or proceeding, for any act or omission declared punishable herein, does not affect any right to recover or enforce the same.

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