Cal. PEN § 397
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 397, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
Every person who sells or furnishes, or causes to be sold or furnished, intoxicating liquors to any habitual or common drunkard, or to any person who has been adjudged legally incompetent or insane by any court of this State and has not been restored to legal capacity, knowing such person to have been so adjudged, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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