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2006 Utah Code - 76-10-1228 — Indecent public displays -- Prohibitions -- Penalty.

     76-10-1228.   Indecent public displays -- Prohibitions -- Penalty.
     (1) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor who willfully or knowingly:
     (a) engages in the business of selling, lending, giving away, showing, advertising for sale, or distributing to any person under the age of 18 or has in his possession with intent to engage in that business or to otherwise offer for sale or commercial distribution to any individual under the age of 18 any material with descriptions or depictions of illicit sex, sexual immorality, or nude or partially denuded figures; or
     (b) publicly displays at newsstands or any other establishment frequented by minors under the age of 18, or where the minors are or may be invited as a part of the general public, any motion picture, or any live, taped, or recorded performance, or any still picture or photograph, or any book, pocket book, pamphlet, or magazine the cover or content of which exploits, is devoted to, or is principally made up of indecent descriptions or depictions of illicit sex or sexual immorality, or that consists of pictures of nude or partially denuded figures posed or presented in a manner to provoke or arouse lust or passion or to exploit lust or perversion.
     (2) A violation of this section is punishable by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $500 and by incarceration, without suspension of sentence in any way, for a term of not less than 30 days. This section supersedes Section 77-18-1.

Amended by Chapter 46, 2002 General Session

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