Section 11-103 - Adult sexual displays - Exhibition to minors. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-103. Adult sexual displays - Exhibition to minors.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section applies to a motion picture show or other presentation, whether animated or live, that wholly or partly: 

(1) depicts or reveals: 

(i) sadomasochistic abuse; 

(ii) sexual conduct; or 

(iii) sexual excitement; or 

(2) includes obscene material or explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual conduct. 

(b)  Prohibited.- For monetary consideration or other valuable commodity or service, a person may not knowingly: 

(1) exhibit to a minor without the presence of the minor's parent or guardian a motion picture show or other presentation described in subsection (a) of this section; 

(2) sell to a minor an admission ticket or other means to gain entrance to a motion picture show or other presentation described in subsection (a) of this section; or 

(3) admit a minor without the presence of the minor's parent or guardian to premises where a motion picture show or other presentation described in subsection (a) of this section is exhibited. 

(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, §§ 416C, 416G; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 45; 2004, ch. 444.]