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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 6. SEXUAL OFFENSES

16-6-7. Necrophilia.

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  1. (a)

    A person commits the offense of necrophilia when he performs any sexual act with a dead human body involving the sex organs of the one and the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina of the other.#

  2. (b)

    A person convicted of the offense of necrophilia shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 26-2022, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 315, § 1.

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Text read from t16-ch1-6-(v14)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V14, 2019 edition, page 1233; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7e331f0ca7d3.