Tenn. Code § 38-1-301
Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
The purpose of this part is to curtail the crime of statutory rape, to require the reporting of a condition believed to be indicative of statutory rape, and, being necessary for the health, peace and safety of the public, to protect minors in a specified age range, who are not legally competent to consent to sex, from rape.
T.C.A. § 38-1-301