Section 16-6-22.2. Aggravated sexual battery

   (a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term "foreign object" means any article or instrument other than the sexual organ of a person.

(b) A person commits the offense of aggravated sexual battery when he or she intentionally penetrates with a foreign object the sexual organ or anus of another person without the consent of that person.

(c) A person convicted of the offense of aggravated sexual battery shall be punished by imprisonment for life or by a split sentence that is a term of imprisonment for not less than 25 years and not exceeding life imprisonment, followed by probation for life, and shall be subject to the sentencing and punishment provisions of Code Sections 17-10-6.1 and 17-10-7.

Code 1981, § 16-6-22.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1003, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1959, § 8; Ga. L. 2006, p. 379, § 16/HB 1059.