PRINTER'S NO. 2329
No. 1857 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, PISTELLA, BENNINGHOFF, E. Z. TAYLOR,
KELLER, READSHAW, STABACK, DALEY, TRUE, STERN, PLATTS,
EACHUS, MELIO, McGILL, SEYFERT AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 1, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 1, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for statutory sexual
3 assault.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3122.1 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3122.1. Statutory sexual assault.
9 Except as provided in section 3121 (relating to rape), a
10 person commits a felony of the second degree when that person
11 engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant [under the age
12 of] 16 years of age or younger and that person is four or more
13 years older than the complainant and the complainant and the
14 person are not married to each other.
15 Section 2. This act shall apply to offenses committed on and
16 after the effective date of this act.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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