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N.Y. Penal Law § 235.22: Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title M. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
  4. Article 235. Obscenity and Related Offenses

§ 235.22 Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree.

A person is guilty of disseminating indecent material to minors in the

first degree when:

1. knowing the character and content of the communication which, in

whole or in part, depicts or describes, either in words or images actual

or simulated nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse, and which

is harmful to minors, he intentionally uses any computer communication

system allowing the input, output, examination or transfer, of computer

data or computer programs from one computer to another, to initiate or

engage in such communication with a person who is a minor; and

2. by means of such communication he importunes, invites or induces a

minor to engage in vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact or anal

sexual contact, or sexual contact with him, or to engage in a sexual

performance, obscene sexual performance, or sexual conduct for his

benefit.

Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree is a

class D felony.

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