Chapter 265 - Crimes Against the Person

Section 1 - Murder Defined
Section 2 - Punishment for Murder; Parole; Executive Clemency
Section 3 - Duel; Wound Without and Death Within State; Venue
Section 4 - Accessory in Duel
Section 5 - Duel; Conviction or Acquittal in Foreign State; Effect
Section 9 - Prize Fighting; Engaging
Section 10 - Prize Fight; Aiding or Promoting; Penalty
Section 11 - Prize Fight; Appointment Within and Fight Without State; Penalty
Section 12 - Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts or Other Unarmed Combative Sporting Matches or Sparring Exhibitions; Penalty
Section 13 - Manslaughter; Punishment; Business Organization as Defendant
Section 131/2 - Punishment for Manslaughter While Operating a Motor Vehicle
Section 13a - Assault or Assault and Battery; Punishment
Section 13b - Indecent Assault and Battery on Child Under Age of 14; Penalties
Section 13b1/2 - Commission of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14 During Commission of Certain Offenses or by Mandated Reporters; Penalties
Section 13b3/4 - Commission of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14 by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties
Section 13c - Assault and Battery to Collect Loan; Penalty
Section 13d - Assault and Battery Upon Public Employees; Attempt to Disarm Police Officer; Assault and Battery Upon a Police Officer; Penalties
Section 13d1/2 - Firefighters, Injuries Resulting From Criminal Offenses; Penalty
Section 13f - Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person With an Intellectual Disability; Assault and Battery
Section 13g - Commission of a Felony for Hire; Additional Punishment
Section 13h - Indecent Assault and Battery on Person Fourteen or Older; Penalties
Section 13i - Assault or Assault and Battery on Emergency Medical Technician, Ambulance Operator, Ambulance Attendant or Health Care Provider
Section 13j - Assault and Battery Upon a Child; Penalties
Section 13k - Assault and Battery Upon an Elderly or Disabled Person; Definitions; Penalties
Section 13l - Wanton or Reckless Behavior Creating a Risk of Serious Bodily Injury or Sexual Abuse to a Child; Duty to Act; Penalty
Section 13m - Assault or Assault and Battery on a Family or Household Member; Second or Subsequent Offense; Penalty
Section 13n - Transmission of Conviction Information for Misdemeanor Offense Having as Element the Use or Attempted Use of Physical Force or the Threatened Use of Deadly Weapon Where Victim or Intended Victim Was Family or Household Member to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services
Section 14 - Mayhem; Punishment
Section 15 - Assault; Intent to Murder or Maim; Penalty
Section 15a - Assault and Battery With Dangerous Weapon; Victim Sixty or Older; Punishment; Subsequent Offenses
Section 15b - Assault With Dangerous Weapon; Victim Sixty or Older; Punishment; Subsequent Offenses
Section 15c - Assault by Means of Hypodermic Syringe or Needle; Assault and Battery by Means of Hypodermic Syringe or Needle
Section 15d - Strangulation or Suffocation; Penalty; Aggravating Factors; Batterer's Intervention Program
Section 15e - Assault and Battery by Discharge of Firearm, Large Capacity Weapon, Rifle, Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun or Machine Gun; Penalty
Section 15f - Attempt to Commit Assault and Battery by Discharge of Firearm, Large Capacity Weapon, Rifle, Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun or Machine Gun; Penalty
Section 16 - Attempt to Murder
Section 17 - Armed Robbery; Punishment
Section 18 - Assault With Intent to Rob or Murder; Weapons; Punishment; Victim Sixty Years or Older; Minimum Sentence for Repeat Offenders
Section 18a - Dangerous Weapon; Assault in Dwelling House; Punishment
Section 18b - Use of Firearms While Committing a Felony; Second or Subsequent Offenses; Punishment
Section 18c - Entry of Dwelling Place; Persons Present Within; Weapons; Punishment
Section 19 - Robbery by Unarmed Person; Punishment; Victim Sixty or Older; Minimum Sentence for Repeat Offenders
Section 20 - Simple Assault; Intent to Rob or Steal; Punishment
Section 21 - Stealing by Confining or Putting in Fear
Section 21a - Assault, Confinement, Etc. of Person for Purpose of Stealing Motor Vehicle; Weapons; Punishment
Section 22 - Rape, Generally; Weapons; Punishment; Eligibility for Furlough, Education, Training or Employment Programs
Section 22a - Rape of Child; Punishment
Section 22b - Rape of a Child During Commission of Certain Offenses or by Use of Force; Penalties
Section 22c - Rape of a Child Through Use of Force by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties
Section 23 - Rape and Abuse of Child
Section 23a - Rape and Abuse of Child Aggravated by Age Difference Between Defendant and Victim or by When Committed by Mandated Reporters; Penalties
Section 23b - Rape and Abuse of Child by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties
Section 24 - Assault With Intent to Commit Rape; Weapons; Punishment; Eligibility for Furloughs, Education, Training or Employment Programs
Section 24a - Venue
Section 24b - Assault of Child; Intent to Commit Rape; Weapons; Punishment
Section 24c - Victim's Name; Confidentiality
Section 25 - Attempted Extortion; Punishment
Section 26 - Kidnapping; Weapons; Child Under Age 16; Punishment
Section 26a - Kidnapping of Minor or Incompetent by Relative; Punishment
Section 26b - Drugging Persons for Kidnapping
Section 26c - Definition of ''entice''; Enticement of Child Under Age 16; Punishment
Section 26d - Enticement of Child Under Age 18 to Engage in Prostitution, Human Trafficking or Commercial Sexual Activity
Section 27 - Kidnapping; Venue
Section 27a - Kidnapping of Minor or Incompetent by Relative; Venue
Section 28 - Poison; Use With Intent to Injure; Punishment
Section 29 - Assault; Intent to Commit Felony; Punishment
Section 30 - Gross Negligence; Persons Having Care of Common Carrier; Penalty
Section 32 - Glass; Throwing in Public Streets and Beaches; Penalty
Section 34 - Tattooing Body of Person by Other Than Qualified Physician; Punishment
Section 35 - Throwing or Dropping Objects Onto Public Way; Punishment
Section 36 - Throwing or Dropping Objects at Sporting Events; Punishment
Section 37 - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Punishment
Section 39 - Assault or Battery for Purpose of Intimidation; Weapons; Punishment
Section 40 - Causing Serious Bodily Injury to Participants in Physical Exercise Training Programs; Punishment
Section 41 - Sentence Not Imposing Imprisonment; Specific Reasons in Record
Section 42 - Use of Radios Without Earphones on Public Conveyances; Punishment
Section 43 - Stalking; Punishment
Section 43a - Criminal Harassment; Punishment
Section 44 - Coercion of Child Under Eighteen Into Criminal Conspiracy; Penalties
Section 45 - Community Parole Supervision for Life Following Imprisonment, Probation or Treatment Center Sentence; Covered Offenses
Section 46 - Taking From Deceased Victim's Estate Prohibited
Section 47 - Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Certain Sex Offender Probationers
Section 48 - Ice Cream Truck Vending by Sex Offender Prohibited
Section 49 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49 to 57
Section 50 - Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude; Trafficking of Persons Under 18 Years for Sexual Servitude; Trafficking by Business Entities; Penalties; Tort Actions Brought by Victims
Section 51 - Trafficking of Persons for Forced Service; Victims Under 18 Years; Trafficking by Business Entities; Penalties; Tort Actions Brought by Victims
Section 52 - Subsequent Violations of Sec. 50 or 51; Penalties; Evidence of Prior Adjudication or Conviction
Section 53 - Organ Trafficking; Victims Under 18 Years; Penalties
Section 54 - Transmittal of Fines to State Treasurer
Section 55 - Forfeiture of Funds Used to Facilitate Violation of Sec. 50 or 51; Victim Restitution
Section 56 - Property Subject to Forfeiture Resulting From Violations of Secs. 50 or 51; Procedure; Exceptions; Records; Preliminary Orders for Seizure; Referral to Office of Seized Property Management; Homestead Exemptions; Recording of Certificate of Fact of Final Judgment
Section 57 - Victim of Human Trafficking as Affirmative Defense to Charges of Common Night Walking or Common Streetwalking
Section 58 - Possession of Deceptive Weapon Device During Commission of Violent Crime; Penalty
Section 59 - Human Trafficking Victimization as Affirmative Defense to Certain Offenses; Grounds to Vacate Conviction, Adjudication of Delinquency or Continuance Without Finding and to Withdraw Guilty Plea