Section 11-105 - Adult sexual displays - Displaying or allowing display for advertising purposes. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]