§ 69. Resisting Executive Officers

Every person who attempts, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent an executive officer from per-forming any duty imposed upon such officer by law, or who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, such officer, in the performance of his duty, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by im-prisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.