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Code · New Jersey · Title 2C — The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice · Chapter 40

2C:40-4 Consent, sanction not available as defense.

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2. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes to the contrary, consent shall not be available as a defense to a prosecution under section 1 of P.L.1980, c.169 (C.2C:40-3).
b. It shall not be an affirmative defense to a prosecution under section 1 of P.L.1980, c.169 (C.2C:40-3) that the conduct in which the actor engaged was sanctioned or approved by a student or fraternal organization or an institution of higher education.
L.1980, c.169, s.2; amended 2021, c.208, s.8.
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