(a) Every judicial officer, court commissioner, or referee who commits any act that he or she knows perverts or obstructs justice, is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.

(b) Nothing in this section prohibits prosecution under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of § 182 of the Penal Code or any other law.

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(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 853, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2000.)