Different AWG in single circuit

[iceclimber2001]

The following is a description of a conduit-run circuit in my basement open ceiling.

I've got 15a breaker feeding 12 AWG to a junction box, with 14 AWG continuing to a ceramic light fixture over my workbench, and 14 AWG going to the end-of-run 15a receptacle which serves a stand-up freezer in the finished portion of the basement. The circuit doesn't branch to anything else.

Should I be concerned about different gauge wiring in the same circuit? My understand is that nothing the breaker feeds can be LESS than the breaker, while mine has a portion that exceeds the breaker.

 

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