N.Y. PEN Law § 260.22
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 260.22, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Facilitating female genital mutilation
Official statutory text
§ 260.22 Facilitating female genital mutilation.\n A person is guilty of facilitating female genital mutilation when,\nknowing that a person intends to engage in the circumcising, excising or\ninfibulating of the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia\nminora or clitoris of a person under eighteen years of age, and except\nas provided in subdivision two of section 130.85 of this chapter, he or\nshe intentionally aids the commission or attempted commission of such\nconduct.\n Facilitating female genital mutilation is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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