New Jersey Statutes
§ 2C:14-5 — Provisions generally applicable to Chapter 14
New Jersey § 2C:14-5
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 2CTHE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:14-5 (2026).
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a.The prosecutor shall not be required to offer proof that the victim resisted, or resisted to the utmost, or reasonably resisted the sexual assault in any offense proscribed by this chapter.
b.No actor shall be presumed to be incapable of committing a crime under this chapter because of age or impotency or marriage to the victim.
c.It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a crime under this chapter that the actor believed the victim to be above the age stated for the offense, even if such a mistaken belief was reasonable. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:14-5, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
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Nearby Sections
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§ 2C:14-1
Definitions.§ 2C:14-13
Short title.§ 2C:14-15
Temporary protective order.§ 2C:14-16
Final protective order.§ 2C:14-17
Protective order, enforcement.§ 2C:14-18
Contempt proceedings.§ 2C:14-19
Records, copies of protective orders.§ 2C:14-2
Sexual assault.§ 2C:14-2.1
Protocols for sexual assault cases.§ 2C:14-20
Central registry of protective orders.§ 2C:14-21
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New Jersey § 2C:14-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/2C/2C%3A14-5.