Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 367

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 435

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 21, TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 21, Title 11, Delaware Code by designating what is now §2108 as §2108(a).

Section 2. Amend Chapter 21, Title 11, Delaware Code by adding a new §2108(b) as follows:

"(b) In connection with either a secured release or an unsecured release of any person charged with any crime involving child sexual abuse or exploitation, the court shall also impose a condition that the person have no contact with children, except upon good cause shown, and as otherwise provided by the court, and that such condition remain in full force and effect until a nolle prosequi is filed, the case is dismissed, or an adjudication of not guilty is returned, whichever shall first occur, or if the person is adjudicated guilty by way of a plea of guilty or a conviction by court or jury, at the time of sentencing, unless further made a condition of probation by the sentencing judge."

Approved July 13, 1992.