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(3) Warn the other person of impending discovery or apprehension; (4) Destroy or conceal physical evidence of the misdemeanor, or induce any person to withhold testimony or information or to elude legal process summoning the person to testify or supply evidence; (5) Communicate false information to any person. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of obstructing justice. Obstructing justice is a misdemeanor of the same degree as the crime committed by the person aided. (ORC 2921.32) Section 13. Section 525.09 of the General Offenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 525.09 RESISTING ARREST. (a) No person, recklessly or by force, shall resist or interfere with a lawful arrest of the person or another. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of resisting arrest, a misdemeanor of the second degree unless the offense is committed by an offender who brandishes a deadly weapon or who attempts to gain control of a deadly weapon that is in the possession of a law enforcement officer. (c) As used in this section, "deadly weapon" has the same meaning as in Ohio R. C. 2923.11. (ORC 2921.33) Section 14. Section 533.02 of the General Offenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 533.02 PRESUMPTION OF KNOWLEDGE; ACTUAL NOTICE AND DEFENSE. (a) An owner, or manager, or his agent or employee, of a bookstore, newsstand, theater or other commercial establishment engaged in selling materials or exhibiting performances, who, in the course of business does any of the acts prohibited by Section 533.11, is presumed to have lmowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, if he has actual notice of the nature of such material or performance, whether or not he has precise knowledge of its contents. (b) Without limitadon on the manner in which such notice may be given, actual notice of the character of material or a performance may be given in writing by the chief legal officer of the jurisdicrion in which the person to whom the notice is directed does business. Such notice, regardless of the manner in which it is given, shall identify the sender, identify the material or performance involved, state whether it is obscene or harmful to juveniles and bear the date of such notice. (c) Secrion 533.11 does not apply to a motion picture operator or projectionist acting within the scope of his employment as an employee of the owner or manager of a theater or other place for the showing of motion pictures to the general public, and having no managerial resgonsibility or financial interest in his place of employment other than wages. (ORC 2907.35)