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(a) A person commits the offense of assault and battery if the person unlawfully strikes, beats, wounds, or otherwise does bodily harm to another, or has sexual contact with another without the other person’s consent.
(b) A person convicted of assault and battery may be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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