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CHAPTER 420 AN ACT RELATIVE TO RIGHTS AFFORDED CERTAIN VICTIMS, WITNESSES OR FAMILY MEMBERS IN CRIMINAL CASES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 3 of chapter 258B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out clause (h) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(h) for a victim to have the opportunity to inform the court of the impact of the crime pursuant to section four B of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine and to request the court to submit such information to the parole board for inclusion in its records regarding the perpetrator of the crime against such victim.

Approved October 8, 1986.