Cal. PEN § 381d
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 381d, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
(a) A person who dispenses or distributes nitrous oxide to a person, and knows or should know that the person is going to use the nitrous oxide in violation of Section 381b, and that person proximately causes great bodily injury or death to himself, herself, or another person, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail, not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) This section shall not preclude prosecution under any other law.
(b) This section shall not preclude prosecution under any other law.
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