Sec. 8-566. - Display of sexually explicit material to minors.
Part of the Code of Ordinances of East Providence, RI.
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)