2010 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL LAW
TITLE 11 - INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY
Subtitle 1 - Adult Sexual Displays and Related Crimes
Section 11-105 - Adult sexual displays - Displaying or allowing display for advertising purposes.
§ 11-105. Adult sexual displays - Displaying or allowing display for advertising purposes.
(a) Prohibited - Display.- A person may not knowingly display for advertising purposes a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, or other visual representation or image of an individual or portion of a human body that:
(1) depicts sadomasochistic abuse;
(2) depicts sexual conduct;
(3) depicts sexual excitement; or
(4) contains a verbal description or narrative account of sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement.
(b) Same - Allowing display.- A person may not knowingly allow a display described in subsection (a) of this section on premises that the person owns, rents, or manages.
(c) 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, §§ 416D, 416G; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 45; 2003, ch. 21, § 1.]
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