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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.