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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="11-209" title_number="11" title_name="Indecency and Obscenity" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Obscene Matter">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not hire, employ, or use an individual, if the person knows, or possesses facts under which the person should reasonably know, that the individual is a minor, to do or assist in doing an act described in § 11-203 of this subtitle.</text>
  </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>
</section>
