California Penal Code

§ 597i

PEN § 597i Effective Jan 1, 2013Title 14 · Part 1

Statute text

(a)It shall be unlawful for anyone to manufacture, buy, sell, barter, exchange, or have in his or her possession any of the implements commonly known as gaffs or slashers, or any other sharp implement designed to be attached in place of the natural spur of a gamecock or other fighting bird.

(b)Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine and upon conviction thereof shall, in addition to any judgment or sentence imposed by the court, forfeit possession or ownership of those implements.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 133, Sec. 3. (SB 1145) Effective January 1, 2013.