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533.12 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 92
<br />(d) (1) A person directly sells, delivers, furnishes, disseminates, provides,
<br />exhibits, rents, or presents or directly offers or agrees to sell, deliver,
<br />furnish, disseminate, provide, exhibit, rent, or present material or a
<br />performance to a juvenile, a group of juveniles, a law enforcement officer
<br />posing as a juvenile, or a group of law enforcement officers posing as
<br />juveniles in violation of this section by means of an electronic method of
<br />remotely transmitting information if the person knows or has reason to
<br />believe that the person receiving the information is a juvenile or the group
<br />of persons receiving the information are juveniles.
<br />(2) A person remotely transmitting information by means of a method of mass
<br />distribution does not directly sell, deliver, furnish, disseminate, provide,
<br />exhibit, rent, or present or directly offer or agree to sell, deliver, furnish,
<br />disseminate, provide, exhibit, rent, or present the material or performance
<br />in question to a juvenile, a group of juveniles, a law enforcement officer
<br />posing as a juvenile, or a group of law enforcement officers posing as
<br />juveniles in violation of this section if either of the following applies:
<br />A. The person has inadequate information to know or have reason to
<br />believe that a particular recipient of the information or offer is a
<br />juvenile.
<br />B. The method of mass distribution does not provide the person the
<br />ability to prevent a particular recipient from receiving the
<br />information.
<br />(e) If any provision of this section, or the application of any provision of this section
<br />to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
<br />applications of this section or related sections that can be given effect without the invalid provision
<br />or application. To .this end, the provisions are severable.
<br />(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disseminating matter harmful to
<br />juveniles. If the material or performance involved is harmful to juveniles, except as otherwise
<br />provided in this subsection, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the
<br />material or performance involved is obscene, a violation of this section is a felony and shall be
<br />prosecuted under appropriate State law. (ORC 2907.31)
<br />533.12 PANDERING OBSCENITY.
<br />(EDITOR'S NOTE: This section was repealed by Ordinance 96-26, passed August 5,
<br />1996.)
<br />533.13 DECEPTION TO OBTAIN MATTER HARMFUL TO JUVENILES.
<br />(a) No person, for the purpose of enabling a juvenile to obtain any material or gain
<br />admission to any performance which is harmful to juveniles shall do either of the following:
<br />(1) Falsely represent that he is the parent, guardian or spouse of such
<br />juvenile;
<br />(2) Furnish such juvenile with any identification or document purporting to
<br />show that such juvenile is eighteen years of age or over or married.
<br />(b) No juvenile, for the purpose of obtaining any material or gaining admission to any
<br />performance which is harmful to juveniles, shall do either of the following:
<br />(1) Falsely represent that he is eighteen years of age or over or married;
<br />(2) Exhibit any identification or document purporting to show that he is
<br />eighteen years of age or over or married.
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