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or explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual con-
duct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse... AND WHICH IS
OBSCENE.

416C.

Any person, firm or corporation which, for a monetary considera-
tion or other valuable commodity or service, knowingly exhibits to
a minor who is unaccompanied by his parent or guardian, or know-
ingly sells to a minor an admission ticket or other means to gain
entrance to, or knowingly admits a minor who is unaccompanied
by his parent or guardian to premises where there is exhibited a
motion picture show or other presentation, whether animated or
live, which in whole or in part depicts or reveals nudity, sexual
conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse, or which in-
cludes obscenities or explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts
of sexual conduct, AND WHICH IS OBSCENE, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

416D.

(a)  Any person, firm or corporation is guilty of a misdemeanor
if it knowingly displays for advertising purposes any picture, photo-
graph, drawing, sculpture or other visual representation or image
of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sad-
omasochistic abuse, sexual conduct or sexual excitement, or any
verbal description or narrative account of these activities or items.
AND WHICH IS OBSCENE.

(b)  Any person, firm or corporation is guilty of a misdemeanor,
if it knowingly permits any such display on premises owned, rented
or managed by it.

416E.

Any person who operates or is employed in a sales, cashier or
managerial capacity in any retail establishment, and who knowingly
permits a minor unaccompanied by his parent or guardian to enter
or remain on any premises on which there is shown, displayed or
depicted any item or activity detailed in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 416B, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

416F.

Any employee of a person operating premises on which a public
display in violation of this subheading takes place, and who is on
the premises at the time of the violation, is presumed to have been
the operator of the premises at the time the violation occurred.

416G.

Any person, firm or corporation which violates the provisions of
this subtitle shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of up to one
thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for up to six (6) months.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.