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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 53 – Telephone Harassment">
  <section prefix="§" num="53-1" heading="Prohibited conduct.">
    <text>It is unlawful for any person to make use of telephone facilities or equipment:</text>
    <para num="(1)">for an anonymous call, if in a manner which may annoy, abuse, torment, harass, or embarrass one or more persons; or</para>
    <para num="(2)">for any request, suggestion, or proposal which, to the person receiving the call, is objectionably profane, obscene, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 19, §165(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §188(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-382</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="53-2" heading="Penalties.">
    <text>A violation of any one of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor, subject upon conviction of a fine not greater than $500 or to imprisonment for a period not longer than 12 months, or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 19, §165(2nd sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §188(2nd sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-382</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
