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N.Y. Penal Law § 245.10: Public display of offensive sexual material; definitions of terms

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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

§ 245.10 Public display of offensive sexual material; definitions of

terms.

The following definitions are applicable to section 245.11:

1. "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals,

pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the

showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of

any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of

covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

2. "Sexual conduct" means an act of masturbation, homosexuality,

sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's clothed or

unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female,

breast.

3. "Sado-masochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or upon a

person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizzare costume, or the

condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on

the part of one so clothed.

4. "Transportation facility" means any conveyance, premises or place

used for or in connection with public passenger transportation, whether

by air, railroad, motor vehicle or any other method. It includes

aircraft, watercraft, railroad cars, buses, and air, boat, railroad and

bus terminals and stations and all appurtenances thereto.

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