§ 38-1-301. Purpose of part.

TN Code § 38-1-301 (2019) (N/A)
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The purpose of this part is to curtail the crime of statutory rape, to require the reporting of a condition believed to be indicative of statutory rape, and, being necessary for the health, peace and safety of the public, to protect minors in a specified age range, who are not legally competent to consent to sex, from rape.