§ 11-31-1. Circulation of obscene publications and shows. (a) Every person who willfully or knowingly promotes for the purpose of commercial gain within the community any show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material which is obscene shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) […]
§ 11-31-10. Sale or exhibition to minors of indecent publications, pictures, or articles. (a) Every person who shall willfully or knowingly engage in the business of selling, lending, giving away, showing, advertising for sale, or distributing to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, has in his or her possession with intent to […]
§ 11-31-11. Severability. If any section or provision or the application of the section or provision of this chapter to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the sections and the applicability of the sections or provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. History of […]
§ 11-31-12. Penalty for making receipt of obscene publications a condition to delivery of other publications. (a) Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall as a condition to a sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery for resale of any book, periodical, publication, pamphlet, magazine, ballad, printed paper, print, photograph, or any other thing require that […]
§ 11-31-13. Injunctive proceedings by attorney general. The attorney general, upon complaint being made to him or her under oath that any person is violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-31-1 and 11-31-12, may institute in his or her name as attorney general of the state of Rhode Island an action to enjoin the […]
§ 11-31-14. Repealed.
§ 11-31-15. Repealed.
§ 11-31-2. Forfeiture of obscene publications. Any obscene book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, or other thing mentioned in § 11-31-1 found by any officer in executing a search warrant or which shall be produced and brought into court shall be forfeited to the state. Further proceedings shall be had on them for their forfeiture as […]
§ 11-31-3. Repealed.
§ 11-31-4. Repealed.
§ 11-31-5. Repealed.
§ 11-31-6. Repealed.
§ 11-31-7. Repealed.
§ 11-31-8. Entry of premises by deputies. Any deputy sheriff, when so directed by the director of the department of public safety, may, in the discharge of their duties, enter any exhibition, performance, or place mentioned in this chapter or chapter 22 of title 5. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 103, § 8; P.L. 1905, […]
§ 11-31-9. Repealed.
