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Sec. 8-566. - Display of sexually explicit material to minors.

Part of the Code of Ordinances of East Providence, RI.

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The text

(a)

A person commits an offense if in a business establishment open to persons under the age of 17 years, a person displays a book, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, film, or video cassette, the cover of which depicts, in a manner calculated to arose sexual lust or passion for commercial gain or to exploit sexual lust or perversion for commercial gain, any of the following:

(1)

Human sexual intercourse, masturbation, or sodomy;

(2)

Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breasts;

(3)

Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, buttocks, or that portion of the female breast below the top of the areola; or

(4)

Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, whether covered or uncovered.

(b)

In this section display means to locate an item in such a manner that, without obtaining assistance from an employee of the business establishment:

(1)

It is available to the general public for handling and inspection; or

(2)

The cover or outside packaging on the item is visible to members of the general public.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-445)