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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-302: Definitions

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 27
  4. Subchapter 3

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Child" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age; (2) "Commercial exploitation" means having monetary or other material gain as a direct or indirect goal; (3) "Producing" means producing, directing, manufacturing, issuing, publishing, or advertising; (4) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated: (A) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; (B) Bestiality; (C) Masturbation; (D) Sadomasochistic abuse for the purpose of sexual stimulation; or (E) Lewd exhibition of: (i) The genitals or pubic area of any person; or (ii) The breast of a female; and (5) "Visual or print medium" means any film, photograph, negative, slide, book, magazine, magnetic image, electronic image, or other visual or print medium other than material specifically used by a licensed medical professional or mental health professional, or both, for the purpose of assessment, evaluation, and treatment of a sex offender. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1114,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1979, No. 499, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-4202; Acts 1995, No. 1209, § 1; 2007, No. 827, § 35; 2011, No. 1190, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Child" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) "Commercial exploitation" means having monetary or other material gain as a direct or indirect goal;

(3) "Producing" means producing, directing, manufacturing, issuing, publishing, or advertising;

(4) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated: (A) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; (B) Bestiality; (C) Masturbation; (D) Sadomasochistic abuse for the purpose of sexual stimulation; or (E) Lewd exhibition of: (i) The genitals or pubic area of any person; or (ii) The breast of a female; and

(A) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;

(B) Bestiality;

(C) Masturbation;

(D) Sadomasochistic abuse for the purpose of sexual stimulation; or

(E) Lewd exhibition of: (i) The genitals or pubic area of any person; or (ii) The breast of a female; and

(i) The genitals or pubic area of any person; or

(ii) The breast of a female; and

(5) "Visual or print medium" means any film, photograph, negative, slide, book, magazine, magnetic image, electronic image, or other visual or print medium other than material specifically used by a licensed medical professional or mental health professional, or both, for the purpose of assessment, evaluation, and treatment of a sex offender.

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