Guam § 89 - Definitions.
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§ 89. Definitions.
As used in this Chapter:
(a) Minor means a person below the age of eighteen
(18) years.
(b) Criminal offense against a victim who is a minor
means any criminal offense that consists of any of the
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following:
(1) felony kidnapping, felonious restraint, felony
child stealing, and custodial interference, as defined
and punished in Chapter 22 of Title 9 of the Guam
Code Annotated, Kidnapping, and Related Offenses,
when the victim is a minor;
(2) promoting prostitution, abetting prostitution,
compelling prostitution, as defined and punished in
Article 1 of Chapter 28 of Title 9 of the Guam Code
Annotated, Prostitution, when the individual
committing or engaging in prostitution is a minor;
(3) participation in obscenity, use of one’s own
child in obscene acts, indecent exposure, photography
of minors’ sexual acts, as defined and punished in
Article 2 of Chapter 28 of Title 9 of the Guam Code
Annotated, Obscenity and Related Offenses, when a
minor is employed or used;
(4) criminal sexual conduct, as defined and
punished in Chapter 25 of Title 9 of the Guam Code
Annotated, Sexual Offenses, when the victim of the
crime is a minor; or
(5) any attempt to commit, solicitation to commit,
or conspiracy to commit the crimes stated in
paragraphs (1) to (4) of this Subsection (b), in violation
of Chapter 13 of Title 9 of the Guam Code Annotated.
(c) Criminal sexual conduct refers to violations defined
and punished under Chapter 25 of Title 9 of the Guam Code
Annotated, Sexual Offenses, and any violations of similar
federal laws or laws of other states, territories or tribes.
(d) Sex Offense. The term “sex offense” as used in
this Chapter includes those offenses contained in 42 United
States Code (U.S.C.) §16911(5) and also includes the
following offenses:
(1) Sexually violent offenses. A sexually violent
offense is defined as any criminal offense which
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includes the following:
(A) criminal sexual conduct involving sexual
penetration or sexual contact where the actor
causes personal injury to the victim and either of
the following circumstances exists:
(i) force or coercion is used to
accomplish the sexual penetration or sexual
contact; or
(ii) the actor knows or has reason to
know that the victim is mentally defective,
mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.
(B) criminal sexual conduct involving sexual
penetration or sexual contact where the actor is
aided or abetted by one (1) or more other persons
and either of the following circumstances exists:
(i) force or coercion is used to
accomplish the sexual penetration or sexual
contact; or
(ii) the actor knows or has reason to
know that the victim is mentally defective,
mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.
(C) criminal sexual conduct involving sexual
penetration or sexual contact where the actor is
armed with a weapon or any article used or
fashioned in a manner to lead the victim to
reasonably believe it to be a weapon;
(D) criminal sexual conduct involving sexual
penetration or sexual contact which occurs under
circumstances involving the commission of
another felony; or
(E) criminal sexual conduct involving a
victim under fourteen (14) years of age.
(2) Guam Offenses.
(A) any convictions under local laws relating
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to Title 9 GCA § 22.35;
(B) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA §22.20, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor;
(C) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 22.30;
(D) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 22.40, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor;
(E) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 22.50, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor;
(F) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 25.15;
(G) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 25.20;
(H) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 25.25;
(I) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 25.30;
(J) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 25.35;
(K) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.20, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor
(L) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.25, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor
(M) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.30; wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor
(N) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.49;
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(O) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.50;
(P) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.51;
(Q) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.52, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor;
(R) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.65;
(S) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 28.80, wherein the victim of
such crime is a minor;
(T) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 31.15;
(U) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 70.35;
(V) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 89.01(b)(1); or
(W) any convictions under local laws relating
to Title 9 GCA § 89.01(b)(3); and any other
offenses under Guam law relating to a criminal
offense wherein there is an element involving:
(i) a sexual act or sexual contact with
another, regardless of the age of the victim;
(ii) non-parental kidnapping of a minor;
non-parental false imprisonment of a minor;
(iii) solicitation to engage a minor in
sexual conduct;
(iv) use of a minor in a sexual
performance;
(v) solicitation of a minor to practice
prostitution;
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(vi) video voyeurism of a minor;
(vii) possession, production, or
distribution of child pornography;
(viii) criminal sexual conduct involving
a minor; or
(ix) use of the internet to engage a
minor in criminal sexual conduct.
(3) Convictions from Other Jurisdictions. Any
conviction for any sex offense committed in any
jurisdiction that is comparable to any sex offense as
defined in 42 U.S.C. § 16911(5) or § 89.01(b), (c), or
(d) of this Chapter. In addition, any conviction for any
sex offense committed in any jurisdiction that involves:
(A) any type or degree of genital, oral, or
anal penetration;
(B) any sexual touching of or sexual contact
with a person’s body, either directly or through
the clothing;
(C) kidnapping of a minor;
(D) false imprisonment of a minor;
(E) solicitation to engage a minor in sexual
conduct understood broadly to include any
direction, request, enticement, persuasion, or
encouragement of a minor to engage in sexual
conduct;
(F) use of a minor in a sexual performance;
(G) solicitation of a minor to practice
prostitution;
(H) possession, production, or distribution of
child pornography;
(I) criminal sexual conduct that involves
physical contact with a minor or the use of the
internet to facilitate or attempt such conduct. This
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includes offenses whose elements involve the use of
other persons in prostitution, such as pandering,
procuring, or pimping in cases where the victim was
a minor at the time of the offense; or
(J) any conduct that by its nature is a sex
offense against a minor.
(4) Federal Offenses. A conviction for any of the
following, and any other offense hereafter included in the
definition of “sex offense” at 42 U.S.C. § 16911(5):
(A) 18 U.S.C. § 1591
(B) 18 U.S.C. § 1801
(C) 18 U.S.C. § 2241
(D) 18 U.S.C. § 2242
(E) 18 U.S.C. § 2243
(F) 18 U.S.C. § 2244
(G) 18 U.S.C. § 2245
(H) 18 U.S.C. § 2251
(I) 18 U.S.C. § 2251A
(J) 18 U.S.C. § 2252
(K) 18 U.S.C. § 2252A
(L) 18 U.S.C. § 2252B
(M) 18 U.S.C. § 2252C
(N) 18 U.S.C. § 2260
(O) 18 U.S.C. § 2421
(P) 18 U.S.C. § 2422
(Q) 18 U.S.C. § 2423
(R) 18 U.S.C. § 2424; or
(S) 18 U.S.C. § 2425.
(5) Military Offenses. Any military offense, as
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specified by the Secretary of Defense under Section
115(a)(8)(C)(i) of Public Law 105-119 (Title 10 U.S.C.
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