2015 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-9 - Children
Section 11-9-2 - Employment of children for unlawful purposes.
§ 11-9-2 Employment of children for unlawful purposes. – Every person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, exhibit, or have in custody, or who shall cause to be taken, hired, employed, exhibited, or held in custody, any child under the age of sixteen (16) years, for any of the purposes prohibited in § 11-9-1, shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for every such offense in the manner provided in that section.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 15, § 5; P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 5; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-2.)
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