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531.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Distribute" means to transfer possession of, whether with or without consideration.
(2) "Matter" means any book, magazine, newspaper, or other printed or written material
or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, live image transmitted over the
Internet or other electronic network, or other pictorial representation or any statue or
other figure, or any recording transcription or mechanical, chemical or electrical
reproduction or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials.
(3) "Obscene" means:
(a) To the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the
predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest in
sexual conduct; and
(b) The matter depicts or describes the sexual conduct in a patently offensive way;
and
(c) The matter, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or
scientific value.
(4) "Sexual conduct" means acts of masturbation, homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality,
sexual intercourse, or deviant sexual intercourse; or physical contact with the
genitals, flagellation, or excretion for the purpose of sexual stimulation or
gratification.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 265, effective January 1, 1975.
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