Does section 654 of the California Code of Civil Procedure prohibit multiple prosecutions?

Neal v. State of California, supra, 55 Cal.2d 11, 9 Cal.Rptr. 607, 357 P.2d 839 declares the rule against multiple prosecutions to be a procedural safeguard against harassment. In that respect the rule does not [237 Cal.App.2d 794] rest exclusively upon section 654. The language of section 654 itself does not extend the rule against multiple prosecutions beyond the limits of the rule against multiple punishments. The proscription against harassment through multiple prosecutions finds support also in the constitutional right to due process and the equal protection of the laws.