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N.Y. Penal Law § 245.05: Offensive exhibition

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
  4. Article 245. Offenses Against Public Sensibilities

§ 245.05 Offensive exhibition.

A person is guilty of offensive exhibition when he knowingly produces,

operates, manages or furnishes premises for, or in any way promotes or

participates in, an exhibition in the nature of public entertainment or

amusement in which:

1. A person competes continuously without respite for a period of more

than eight consecutive hours in a dance contest, bicycle race or other

contest involving physical endurance; or

2. A person is held up to ridicule or contempt by voluntarily

submitting to indignities such as the throwing of balls or other

articles at his head or body; or

3. A firearm is discharged or a knife, arrow or other sharp or

dangerous instrument is thrown or propelled at or toward a person.

Offensive exhibition is a violation.

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