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5-68-303. Promoting obscene materials.
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5-68-303. Promoting obscene materials.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 5-68-308, a person commits promoting obscene materials if he or she knowingly promotes, or has in his or her possession with intent to promote, any obscene material.
(b) As used in this section, “material” means any writing, picture, motion picture, film, slide, drawing, or other visual reproduction.
(c) Promoting obscene materials is a Class D felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-68-303
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5-68-303. Promoting obscene materials.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 5-68-308, a person commits promoting obscene materials if he or she knowingly promotes, or has in his or her possession with intent to promote, any obscene material.
(b) As used in this section, “material” means any writing, picture, motion picture, film, slide, drawing, or other visual reproduction.
(c) Promoting obscene materials is a Class D felony.
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5-68-308. Defenses.
(a) No employee is liable to prosecution under this subchapter for promoting or possessing with intent to promote any obscene motion picture if the employee is acting within the scope of his or her regular employment.
(b)(1) As used in subsection (a) of this section, “employee” means any person regularly employed by an owner or operator of a motion picture theater if the person:
(A) Has no financial interest other than salary or wages in the ownership or operation of the motion picture theater;
(B) Has no financial interest in or control over the selection of a motion picture shown in the theater; and
(C) Is working within the motion picture theater where he or she is regularly employed.
(2) However, “employee” does not include a manager of a motion picture theater.
(c) No employee, director, or trustee of a bona fide school, museum, or public library, acting within the scope of his or her regular employment, is liable to prosecution for a violation of this subchapter for disseminating a writing, film, slide, drawing, or other visual reproduction that is claimed to be obscene.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-68-308
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-68-308. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.