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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="11-202" title_number="11" title_name="Indecency and Obscenity" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Obscene Matter">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>knowingly send or cause to be sent any obscene matter into the State for sale or distribution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>knowingly bring or cause to be brought any obscene matter into the State for sale or distribution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in the State prepare, publish, print, exhibit, distribute, or offer to distribute any obscene matter; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>possess any obscene matter in the State with the intent to distribute, offer to distribute, or exhibit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney may maintain an action for an injunction in the circuit court against a person to prevent the sale, further sale, distribution, further distribution, acquisition, publication, or possession within the State of any book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, writing paper, picture, card, drawing, photograph, motion picture film or showing, or any article, item, or instrument the use of which is obscene.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The circuit court may enjoin the sale or distribution of a book, magazine, motion picture film or showing, or other publication or item that is prohibited under this section from sale or distribution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>After being served a summons and complaint in an action by the State’s Attorney under this section, a person who sells, distributes, or acquires the enjoined material is chargeable with knowledge of the contents of the materials described in this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The defendant is entitled to a trial of the issues within 1 day after joinder of issue.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The court shall render a decision within 2 days after the conclusion of the trial.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>If an order or judgment is entered in favor of the State’s Attorney, the final order or judgment shall contain provisions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>directing the person to surrender the obscene matter to the peace officer designated by the court or the county sheriff; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>directing the peace officer or county sheriff to seize and destroy the obscene matter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>In an action brought under this section, the State’s Attorney is not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>required to file a bond before an injunction order is issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>liable for costs; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>liable for damages sustained because of the injunction order if judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
