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CALIFORNIA CODES
CALIFORNIA PENAL CODEPart 6 - CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONSTitle 2 - WEAPONS GENERALLYDivision 5 - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, AND SIMILAR WEAPONSChapter 1 - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES AND EXPLOSIVES GENERALLY
Article 1 - PROHIBITED ACTS
Section 18740 - Unlawful possession, explosion, ignition, or attempt to explode or ignite destructive device or explosive

Cal. Pen. Code § 18740

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Section 18740 - Unlawful possession, explosion, ignition, or attempt to explode or ignite destructive device or explosive

Every person who possesses, explodes, ignites, or attempts to explode or ignite any destructive device or any explosive with intent to injure, intimidate, or terrify any person, or with intent to wrongfully injure or destroy any property, is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for a period of three, five, or seven years.

Ca. Pen. Code § 18740

Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011.
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 536, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.
Added by Stats 2010 ch 711 (SB 1080),s 6, eff. 1/1/2011, op. 1/1/2012.