Section 637.4 Of Chapter 1.5. Invasion Of Privacy From California Penal Code >> Title 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.5.
637.4
. (a) No state or local governmental agency involved in the
investigation or prosecution of crimes, or any employee thereof,
shall require or request any complaining witness, in a case involving
the use of force, violence, duress, menace, or threat of great
bodily harm in the commission of any sex offense, to submit to a
polygraph examination as a prerequisite to filing an accusatory
pleading.
(b) Any person who has been injured by a violator of this section
may bring an action against the violator for his actual damages or
one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater.