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(a) The following persons are liable to punishment under the
laws of this state:
   (1) All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any crime within
this state.
   (2) All who commit any offense without this state which, if
committed within this state, would be larceny, carjacking, robbery,
or embezzlement under the laws of this state, and bring the property
stolen or embezzled, or any part of it, or are found with it, or any
part of it, within this state.
   (3) All who, being without this state, cause or aid, advise or
encourage, another person to commit a crime within this state, and
are afterwards found therein.
   (b) Perjury, in violation of Section 118, is punishable also when
committed outside of California to the extent provided in Section
118.

Last modified: January 12, 2009