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New York Code › Act CPL › Part 2 › Title H › Article 160 › Section 160.45

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§ 160.45 Polygraph tests; prohibition against.\n 1. No district attorney, police officer or employee of any law\nenforcement agency shall request or require any victim of a sexual\nassault crime to submit to any polygraph test or psychological stress\nevaluator examination.\n 2. As used in this section, "victim of a sexual assault crime" means\nany person alleged to have sustained an offense under article one\nhundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.\n

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