Cal. PEN § 243.25
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 243.25, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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When a battery is committed against the person of an elder or a dependent adult as defined in Section 368, with knowledge that he or she is an elder or a dependent adult, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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