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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 72. Victims of Sexual Violence Protective Order
§ 7209. Sanctions.
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10 DE Code § 7209 (2025)
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§ 7209. Sanctions.
(a) Any person who violates a sexual violence protective order may be guilty of criminal contempt under § 1271A of Title 11.
(b) Any person who “swears falsely,” as defined by § 1224 of Title 11, in an affidavit or verified pleading under § 7203, § 7204, or § 7205 of this title, a written request to terminate or renew a sexual violence protective order under § 7206 of this title, or in any court hearing under § 7204, § 7205, or § 7206 may be guilty of perjury under § 1221, § 1222, or § 1223 of Title 11.
83 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1; 84 Del. Laws, c. 514, § 12;
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