Ritualized Abuse Of A Child — Exclusions — Penalties — Definition

TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 15 CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS 18-1506A. Ritualized abuse of a child — Exclusions — Penalties — Definition. (1) A person is guilty of a felony when he commits any of the following acts with, upon, or in the presence of a child as part of a ceremony, rite or any similar observance: (a)  Actually or in simulation, tortures, mutilates or sacrifices any warm-blooded animal or human being; (b)  Forces ingestion, injection or other application of any narcotic, drug, hallucinogen or anaesthetic for the purpose of dulling sensitivity, cognition, recollection of, or resistance to any criminal activity; (c)  Forces ingestion, or external application, of human or animal urine, feces, flesh, blood, bones, body secretions, nonprescribed drugs or chemical compounds; (d)  Involves the child in a mock, unauthorized or unlawful marriage ceremony with another person or representation of any force or deity, followed by sexual contact with the child; (e)  Places a living child into a coffin or open grave containing a human corpse or remains; (f)  Threatens death or serious harm to a child, his parents, family, pets or friends which instills a well-founded fear in the child that the threat will be carried out; or (g)  Unlawfully dissects, mutilates, or incinerates a human corpse. (2)  The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to: (a)  Lawful agricultural, animal husbandry, food preparation or wild game hunting and fishing practices and specifically the branding or identification of livestock; (b)  The lawful medical practice of circumcision or any ceremony related thereto; or (c)  Any state or federally approved, licensed or funded research project. (3)  Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than life. (4)  For the purposes of this section, "child" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age.