California Code, PEN 4501.

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PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10008] Â Â ( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) Â Â TITLE 5. OFFENSES RELATING TO PRISONS AND PRISONERS [4500 - 4758] Â Â ( Title 5 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) Â Â

CHAPTER 1. Offenses by Prisoners [4500 - 4504] Â Â ( Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 173. )

  4501.  (a) Except as provided in Section 4500, every person confined in the state prison of this state who commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for two, four, or six years to be served consecutively. (b) Except as provided in Section 4500, every person confined in the state prison of this state who commits an assault upon the person of another by any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for two, four, or six years to be served consecutively. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 401. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)