Government Code › TITLE 1. GENERAL › DIVISION 1. SOVEREIGNTY AND PEOPLE OF THE STATE › CHAPTER 1. Sovereignty of the State › ARTICLE 5. Rights Over PersonsGovernment Code § 201‹ § 200§ 202 ›Copy linkOpen in browserleginfo ↗201.The State may punish for crime.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)