2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 22. Criminal Procedure
§22-40.2. Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged from pressing charges.
A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the victim.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 220, § 3. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 325, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 466, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002; Laws 2015, c. 206, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
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