Penal Code section 132

Every person who upon any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized or permitted by law, offers in evidence, as genuine or true, any book, paper, document, record, or other instrument in writing, knowing the same to have been forged or fraudulently altered or ante-dated, is guilty of felony.

Source: Section 132, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=132. (accessed May 26, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

§ 132’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_132

Original Source: Section 132, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=132. (last accessed May 12, 2025).