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

(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. 
 

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

 

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Statutes > Maryland > Criminal-law > Title-11 > Subtitle-1 > 11-102

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

(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. 
 

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

 


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Maryland > Criminal-law > Title-11 > Subtitle-1 > 11-102

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

(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. 
 

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