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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-6-23. Publication of name or identity of female raped or assaulted with intent to commit rape.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-6-23. Publication of name or identity of female raped or assaulted with intent to commit rape.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any news media or any other person to print and publish, broadcast, televise, or disseminate through any other medium of public dissemination or cause to be printed and published, broadcast, televised, or disseminated in any newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publication published in this state or through any radio or television broadcast originating in the state the name or identity of any female who may have been raped or upon whom an assault with intent to commit the offense of rape may have been made.

(b) This Code section does not apply to truthful information disclosed in public court documents open to public inspection.

(c) Any person or corporation violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1911, p. 179, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 26-2105; Code 1933, § 26-9901, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

## Cross References

Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘The Supreme Court on Privacy and the Press,’’ see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 215 (1978).

For comment on Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S. 469, 95 S. Ct. 1029, 43 L. Ed. 2d 328 (1975), holding a state may not impose sanctions on accurate publication of name of rape victim obtained from official court records, see 24 Emory L.J. 1205 (1975); see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 963 (1975).