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O.C.G.A. § 16-6-6 — Bestiality | Georgia Code
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TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 6. Sexual Offenses, 16-6-1 through 16-6-25.

ARTICLE 9 NOTICE OF CONVICTION AND RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS

16-6-6. Bestiality.

  1. A person commits the offense of bestiality when he performs or submits to any sexual act with an animal involving the sex organs of the one and the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina of the other.
  2. A person convicted of the offense of bestiality shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 787; Code 1863, §§ 4253, 4254; Code 1868, §§ 4288, 4289; Code 1873, §§ 4354, 4355; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 74, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 4354, 4355; Penal Code 1895, §§ 384, 385; Penal Code 1910, §§ 375, 376; Code 1933, §§ 26-5903, 26-5904; Code 1933, § 26-2004, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Performance of actual or simulated sexual acts, § 3-3-41.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 70C Am. Jur. 2d, Sodomy, § 30.

C.J.S.

- 81A C.J.S., Sodomy, § 1 et seq.

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