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Section 4

Section 4 Indecent Assault on a Child 1

Section 178C of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure "265", in line 73, the following words:- ; rape of a child who has attained the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 or indecent assault and battery on a child who has attained the age of 14 but is under the age of 18 by a mandated reporter under section 23A1/2 of said chapter 265.