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CALIFORNIA CODES
CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDUREPart 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICETitle 3 - PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH POWERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE
Chapter 1 - TRIAL JURY SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT
Section 231.5 - Peremptory challenge used to remove juror on basis of bias because of race, color, religion, etc.

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 231.5

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Section 231.5 - Peremptory challenge used to remove juror on basis of bias because of race, color, religion, etc.

A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of a characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or similar grounds.

Ca. Civ. Proc. Code § 231.5

Amended by Stats 2015 ch 115 (AB 87),s 1, eff. 1/1/2016.
Added by Stats 2000 ch 43 (AB 2418), s 3, eff. 1/1/2001.