Defense to non-reporting

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Criminal Offenses and Penalties
  4. Sexual Abuse
  5. Reporting Requirements in Child Sexual Abuse Offense Cases
  6. Defense to non-reporting

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Any survivor of an intrafamily offense, as that term is defined in § 16-1001(8), may use the occurrence of that intrafamily offense as a defense to their failure to report under this subchapter.

(May 23, 1995, D.C. Law 10-257, § 253; as added June 8, 2013, D.C. Law 19-315, § 4, 60 DCR 1702; Apr. 27, 2021, D.C. Law 23-275, § 4, 68 DCR 001086.)

Effect of Amendments

The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-315 added this section.


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