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§21-1123.


§21-1123.
   
   A. Any person who shall knowingly and intentionally:
   
   1. Make any oral or written lewd or indecent proposal to any child
   under sixteen (16) years of age for the child to have unlawful sexual
   relations or sexual intercourse with any person; or
   
   2. Look upon, touch, maul, or feel the body or private parts of any
   child under sixteen (16) years of age in any lewd or lascivious manner
   by any acts against public decency and morality, as defined by law; or
   
   3. Ask, invite, entice, or persuade any child under sixteen (16) years
   of age to go alone with any person to a secluded, remote, or secret
   place, with the unlawful and willful intent and purpose then and there
   to commit any crime against public decency and morality, as defined by
   law, with the child; or
   
   4. In any manner lewdly or lasciviously look upon, touch, maul, or
   feel the body or private parts of any child under sixteen (16) years
   of age in any indecent manner or in any manner relating to sexual
   matters or sexual interest; or
   
   5. In a lewd and lascivious manner and for the purpose of sexual
   gratification, urinate or defecate upon a child under sixteen (16)
   years of age or ejaculate upon or in the presence of a child, or force
   or require a child to look upon the body or private parts of another
   person or upon sexual acts performed in the presence of the child or
   force or require a child to touch or feel the body or private parts of
   said child or another person,
   
   upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be
   punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than
   one (1) year nor more than twenty (20) years. The provisions of this
   section shall not apply unless the accused is at least three (3) years
   older than the victim. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent
   violation of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a felony
   and shall not be eligible for probation, suspended or deferred
   sentence. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of
   subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be
   punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of life
   or life without parole, in the discretion of the jury, or in case the
   jury fails or refuses to fix punishment then the same shall be
   pronounced by the court.
   
   B. No person shall commit sexual battery on any other person. "Sexual
   battery" shall mean the intentional touching, mauling or feeling of
   the body or private parts of any person sixteen (16) years of age or
   older, in a lewd and lascivious manner and without the consent of that
   person. Any person convicted of any violation of this subsection shall
   be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in
   the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5) years.
   

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