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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 57-2 Religious desecration.">
  <section prefix="§" num="57-2" heading="Religious desecration.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">Any person who wilfully or maliciously:<para num="(1)">defaces or molests the real or personal property or premises of a church, religious organization, religious institution, parsonage, or church home;</para>
      <para num="(2)">inscribes or places upon, adjacent, or near to any such property or premises, a mark, letter, or symbol for the purpose of inciting or causing the hatred, criticism, ridicule, disaffection, or disturbance of a religious group, sect, or congregation, or of any member thereof; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">desecrates, mutilates, or disfigures any such property or premises,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">Upon conviction thereof, he is subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or to imprisonment for a period not to exceed 12 months or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 19, §115</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §133</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-239</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
