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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="11-208" title_number="11" title_name="Indecency and Obscenity" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Obscene Matter">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child” means an ordinary person would conclude that the image is of an actual and identifiable minor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child” includes a computer–generated image that has been created, adapted, or modified to appear as an actual and identifiable child.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child” does not include images or items depicting minors that are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>drawings;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cartoons;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>sculptures; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>paintings.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not knowingly possess and intentionally retain a film, videotape, photograph, or other visual representation showing an actual child or a computer–generated image that is indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the age of 16 years:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>engaged as a subject of sadomasochistic abuse;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>engaged in sexual conduct; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in a state of sexual excitement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not knowingly or intentionally access and intentionally view a film, videotape, photograph, or other visual representation showing an actual child or a computer–generated image that is indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the age of 16 years:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>engaged as a subject of sadomasochistic abuse;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>engaged in sexual conduct; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in a state of sexual excitement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this section, having previously been convicted under this section, is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a parent from possessing visual representations of the parent’s own child in the nude unless the visual representations show the child engaged:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>as a subject of sadomasochistic abuse; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in sexual conduct and in a state of sexual excitement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>It is an affirmative defense to a charge of violating this section that the person promptly and in good faith:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>took reasonable steps to destroy each visual representation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>reported the matter to a law enforcement agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
