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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.45: Polygraph tests; prohibition against

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Criminal Procedure Law
Part 2. The Principal Proceedings
Title H. Preliminary Proceedings In Local Criminal Court
Article 160. Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--criminal Identification Records and Statistics

§ 160.45 Polygraph tests; prohibition against.

1. No district attorney, police officer or employee of any law

enforcement agency shall request or require any victim of a sexual

assault crime to submit to any polygraph test or psychological stress

evaluator examination.

2. As used in this section, "victim of a sexual assault crime" means

any person alleged to have sustained an offense under article one

hundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.

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