LC 29 1981
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to sexual offenses, so as to provide for gender neutrality with regard to the
offense of incest; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual
offenses, is amended by striking in its entirety Code Section 16-6-22, relating
to incest, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"16-6-22.
(a)
A person commits the offense of incest when
he
the
person engages in sexual intercourse with
a person to whom he
or
she knows he
or
she is related either by blood or by
marriage as follows:
(1)
Father and
daughter or
stepdaughter
child or
stepchild;
(2)
Mother and
son or
stepson
child or
stepchild;
(3)
Brother and sister of the whole blood or of the half blood;
(4)
Grandparent and grandchild;
(5)
Aunt and niece
or nephew; or
(6)
Uncle and niece
or
nephew.
(b)
A person convicted of the offense of incest shall be punished by imprisonment
for not less than one nor more than 20
years."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.