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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - DUELING AND FIGHTING

     Introduced By: Senators Paolino, Pearson, and Lynch Prata

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 11-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-12 entitled "Dueling

and Fighting" is hereby repealed.

     11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.

     Every person, being an inhabitant of or resident in this state, who shall fight a duel

outside the jurisdiction of this state, by previous appointment or engagement made within this

state, and in the duel shall inflict a mortal wound upon any person of which the person so injured

shall afterwards die within this state, shall be deemed to be guilty of murder within this state and

may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced in the county in which

the death shall happen.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - DUELING AND FIGHTING

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     This act would repeal § 11-12-3 of the general laws that prohibits a Rhode Island resident

from engaging in a duel outside the state that results in a mortal wound.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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