Sexual Assault Reform Act of 1981 (Council Act. No. 4-69): Hearing and Disposition Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on H. Res. 208 ... September 24, 1981

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Page 36 - give special consideration to the examination of the common law and statutes relating to the criminal law of the District of Columbia.
Page 31 - SEDUCTION BY TEACHER. — Any male person, over twentyone years of age, who is superintendent, tutor, or teacher in any public or private school, seminary, or other institution, or instructor of any female in any branch of instruction, who has sexual intercourse with any female under twenty-one years of age and not under sixteen years of age, with her consent, while under his instruction during the term of his engagement as superintendent, tutor, or teacher, shall be imprisoned for not less than...
Page 25 - That if any person related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity computed according to the rules of the civil law, shall marry or cohabit with, or have sexual intercourse with such other so related person knowing her or him to be within said degree of relationship, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of incest...
Page 36 - I am pleased to call to order the Subcommittee on the Judiciary of the House District of Columbia Committee.
Page 25 - ... adultery; and when such act is committed between a married man and a woman who is unmarried, the man only shall be deemed guilty of adultery. Sec. 875. INCEST. If any person in the District related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity, computed according to the rules of the Roman or civil law, shall marry or cohabit with or have sexual intercourse with such other so-related person, knowing him or her to be within said degree of relationship, the person...
Page 37 - ... often cited reason for recodification since the American Law Institute began its works on the Model Penal Code in 1951. This Commission, however, has not proceeded on the assumption that it was compelled to propose a wholesale revision of existing criminal law — reform for reform's sake. Instead, the problems and advantages of each section of the present compilation of laws, most of which have not been legislatively revised since 1901, were analyzed by the Commission's consultants, by the task...
Page 95 - Self -Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, PL 93-198. To begin the count of the 30-day review by Congress, please acknowledge receipt of this document on the copy attached. Sincerely...
Page 22 - Subcommittee on Judiciary and the Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the Diatrict of Columbia, 95th Cong., 2d aeea., Serial No, S.9, Dec 5, 1978, pp.

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