§ 11-102. Adult sexual displays -- Selling or offering to sell to minor  


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  •    (a) Prohibited. -- A person may not knowingly sell or offer to sell to a minor:

       (1) a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture, film, or other visual representation or image of an individual or portion of the human body that depicts sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement;

       (2) a book, magazine, paperback, pamphlet, or other written or printed matter however reproduced, that contains:

          (i) any matter enumerated in item (1) of this section;

          (ii) obscene material; or

          (iii) explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement; or

       (3) a sound recording that contains:

          (i) obscene material; or

          (ii) explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement.

    (b) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $ 1,000 or both.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 416B, 416G; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 45; 2004, ch. 444.