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§ 17-5-73 — Victim's right to refuse request for polygraph examinations or other truth-telling devices

Georgia·Title 17
No prosecuting attorney, investigating law enforcement agency, or government official shall ask or require any victim of a sexual assault to submit to a polygraph examination or any other truth-telling device as a condition precedent to investigating such alleged crime. The refusal of a victim to submit to a polygraph examination or any other truth-telling device shall not prevent an investigation or prosecution of any sexual assault.

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Legislative History

Added by 2008 Ga. Laws 539,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2008.

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