Chapter 272

Section 1 Enticing away person under 16 for marriage
Section 2 Enticing away person for prostitution or sexual intercourse
Section 3 Drugging persons for sexual intercourse
Section 4 Inducing person under eighteen to have sexual intercourse
Section 4A Inducing minor into prostitution
Section 4B Living off or sharing earnings of minor prostitute
Section 5 Repealed, 1987, 522, Sec. 22
Section 6 Owner of place inducing or suffering person to resort in such place for sexual intercourse
Section 7 Support from, or sharing, earnings of prostitute
Section 8 Soliciting for prostitute
Section 9 Oath and warrant to enter place for prostitution; detention of person in control and prostitute; recognizance to appear as witness
Section 10 Arrest without warrant
Section 11 Corroboration of one witness; limitations
Section 12 Procuring person to practice, or enter a place for, prostitution; employment office procuring person
Section 13 Detaining, or drugging to detain, person in place for prostitution
Section 14 Repealed, 2018, 155, Sec. 2
Section 15 Polygamy
Section 16 Open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior
Section 17 Incestuous marriage or sexual activities
Section 18 to 21 Repealed, 2018, 155, Sec. 2
Section 21A Furnishing drugs, articles or information for prevention of pregnancy or conception
Section 21B Privately controlled hospital or health facility; abortion or sterilization procedures; contraceptive devices and family planning services
Section 22 Concealment of death of child born out of wedlock
Section 23 Joinder of charges of murder and offense under Sec. 22
Section 24 Keeping house of ill fame
Section 25 Obstructing view of restaurant or tavern patrons; barricaded entrances
Section 26 Resorting to restaurants or taverns for immoral purposes
Section 27 Record of convictions under Sec. 25 or Sec. 26 sent to licensing officers
Section 28 Matter harmful to minors, dissemination; possession; defenses
Section 28A, 28B Repealed, 1974, 430, Sec. 2
Section 28C Information or petition against obscene books; order of notice to show cause; notice of order; interlocutory adjudication; defense
Section 28D Answer to notice; right to jury trial
Section 28E Order of default; adjudication
Section 28F Hearing; evidence; adjudication
Section 28G Objection that mere judgment sought and no relief claimed on issue of knowledge
Section 28H Proceeding under Sec. 28C as evidence in trial under Sec. 29; presumptions as to knowledge
Section 28I Certain procedures as condition precedent to institution of proceedings for dissemination of obscene books
Section 29 Dissemination or possession of obscene matter; punishment; defense
Section 29A Posing or exhibiting child in state of nudity or sexual conduct; punishment
Section 29B Dissemination of visual material of child in state of nudity or sexual conduct; punishment
Section 29C Knowing purchase or possession of visual material of child depicted in sexual conduct; punishment
Section 29D Possession, purchase or dissemination by minor of visual material of child in state of nudity or depicted in sexual conduct; punishment
Section 30 Injunctive relief against dissemination of obscene matter; jurisdiction; procedures; appeal
Section 30A to 30C Repealed, 1974, 430, Sec. 11
Section 30D Dissemination of visual material of child in state of nudity or sexual conduct; injunction; jurisdiction
Section 31 Definitions
Section 32 Motion picture theater managers or operators; applicability of Secs. 28, 29 and 29A
Section 33 Exhibition of deformities
Section 34 Crime against nature
Section 35 Unnatural and lascivious acts
Section 35A Unnatural and lascivious acts with child under 16
Section 36 Blasphemy
Section 36A Sporting events; penalty for abuse of participants and officials
Section 37 Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 4
Section 38 Disturbance of assembly for worship
Section 39 Selling goods and provisions, caring for horses, illegal gaming, horse racing or exhibits near camp meetings
Section 40 Disturbance of assemblies; conduct of students on school grounds or in the course of school-related events
Section 40A Alcoholic beverages; gift, sale, delivery or possession on public school premises
Section 41 Disturbance of libraries
Section 42 Disturbance of funerals
Section 42A Disturbance of funeral services
Section 42B Disturbance of military funeral service; penalty
Section 43 Disorderliness in public conveyances; disturbance of travelers
Section 43A Smoking or carrying open flame or lighted match, pipe or tobacco product in public conveyances and transportation terminals
Section 44 to 50 Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 11
Section 51, 52 Repealed, 1957, 660, Sec. 2
Section 53 Penalty for certain offenses
Section 53A Engaging in sexual conduct for a fee; engaging in sexual conduct with child under age 18 for a fee; penalties
Section 54 Apprehension for certain offences, without warrant; custody
Section 55 Repealed, 1928, 155, Sec. 58
Section 56 Subsequent offenses; breach of recognizance on appeal
Section 57 Discharge upon recognizance; payment of expenses of prosecution
Section 58 Employing or permitting employment of minor under 15 to beg
Section 59 Ordinances or regulations relating to streets, reservations, or parkways; alcoholic beverages; profanity; arrest without warrant
Section 60 Disposal of rubbish, etc.; refusal to remove; arrest without warrant
Section 61 Conviction after discharge from sentence under Sec. 53
Section 62 Third conviction of being a common nightwalker
Section 63 Tramps; begging or riding freight trains as prima facie evidence
Section 64 Tramps; punishment; entering buildings; injuries to or threats against persons or property; carrying weapons
Section 65 Arrest of tramps without warrant; making complaint
Section 66 Vagrants
Section 67 Vagrants; arrest without warrant; taking before court; complaint
Section 68 Vagabonds
Section 69 Vagabonds; arrest without warrant; taking before court; complaint
Section 70 Taking dead body on process or execution
Section 71 Disinterring bodies
Section 72 Buying, selling or possessing dead bodies
Section 73 Tombs, graves, memorials, trees, plants; injuring, removing
Section 73A Removal of gravestones and other memorials for repair or reproduction
Section 73B Sale of or attempt to sell stolen commemorative grave marker; receipt, retention or disposal of stolen commemorative grave marker
Section 74 Desecrating place of burial; use and occupation as evidence of title
Section 75 Removal of flowers, flags or memorial tokens from burial lot
Section 76 Ways, railroads, canals or public easements through burial grounds
Section 77 Cruelty to animals; prohibition from work involving contact with animals
Section 77A Willfully injuring police dogs and horses
Section 77B Exhibition of wild animals
Section 77C Sexual contact with animal
Section 78 Selling, leading, or using horses not fit for work; forfeiture of auctioneer's license
Section 78A Sale of foals under five months; penalty
Section 79 Violations by business entities of statutes relating to the treatment, care and protection of animals
Section 79A Cutting bones or muscles to dock or set tail of horse; wound as evidence
Section 79B Exhibiting horse with tail cut under Sec. 79A; affidavit as to cutting in state where not prohibited; inspection
Section 80 Repealed, 1934, 234, Sec. 1
Section 80 1/2 Devocalization of dogs or cats; definitions; penalty; exceptions; records
Section 80A Cropping or cutting off ear of dog; wound as prima facie evidence
Section 80B Exhibiting dogs with ears cropped or cut off
Section 80C Taking cat, dog or bird to exhibit it, subject it to experimentation or mutilation, or to sell it for such purposes; application of law
Section 80D Living rabbits, baby chickens, ducklings or other fowl; sale, barter or gift
Section 80E Putting animal to death by use of decompression chamber
Section 80E 1/2 Putting animal to death by drowning
Section 80F Giving away live animals as prize or award
Section 80G Experiments on vertebrates; vivisection, dissection of animals; care
Section 80H Motor vehicles; striking, injuring or killing dogs or cats
Section 80I Leasing or renting dogs; penalties
Section 81 Rest, water and feed for transported animals; lien; liability for detention
Section 82 Arrest without warrant for violation of Sec. 77 or 81; notice; care of animals; lien
Section 83 Complaint, warrant and search relative to cruelty to animals
Section 84 Prosecutions under Secs. 77 to 81
Section 85 Repealed, 1951, 34, Sec. 2
Section 85A Injuring, taking away or harboring domesticated animals or birds; removal of dog license tag, collar or harness; imitation tag
Section 85B Assistance animals stolen or attacked; actions for economic and non-economic damages
Section 86 Stabling horses or mules on second or higher floors, in places other than cities
Section 86A Stabling horses and mules above first floor; exceeding six; fire exits
Section 86B Stabling horses or mules exceeding fifteen
Section 86C Smoking in buildings used for stabling horses or mules
Section 86D Pails of water and sand in buildings used for stables
Section 86E Entry upon premises to enforce Secs. 86A to 86D; orders
Section 86F Violation of Secs. 86 to 86D; refusal or neglect to comply with Sec. 86E orders
Section 87 Keeping or using birds to be shot at; shooting them; permitting premises to be used for shooting
Section 88 Complaints and warrants relative to fighting animals; searches; arrests
Section 89 Exhibition place of fighting animals; entry without warrant; arrests; seizure of animals
Section 90 Custody of arrested persons; time limitation
Section 91 Forfeiture of animal or property used or employed in violation of Sec. 94; application; notice; hearing; adjudication; assessment of forfeited animal for suitability for adoption; transfer or other disposition of animal
Section 92 Appeal; recognizance; custody and disposition of animals
Section 92A Advertisement, book, notice or sign relative to discrimination; definition of place of public accommodation, resort or amusement
Section 93 Expenses of care and destruction of fighting animals
Section 94 Owning, possessing or training fighting animals; establishing or promoting exhibition; loaning, selling or exporting fighting animals; owning or possessing animals for breeding fighting animals
Section 95 Aiding or being present at exhibition of fighting animals
Section 96 False notice of birth, marriage or death
Section 97 Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 4
Section 97A Demands, notices or other documents resembling court process; complaint; order to discontinue
Section 98 Discrimination in admission to, or treatment in, place of public accommodation; punishment; forfeiture; civil right
Section 98A Physically handicapped persons with dog guides; public places or conveyances; charges or fares; penalties
Section 98B Discrimination in employment on public works or in public relief or transitional assistance
Section 98C Libel; groups of persons; defenses; punishment; prosecutions
Section 99 Interception of wire and oral communications
Section 99A Jury deliberations; overhearing by use of devices
Section 100 to 102 Repealed, 1968, 738, Secs. 4 to 6
Section 103 Repealed, 1993, 279
Section 104 Security for seizure and impoundment of animals relating to cruelty to animals or animal fighting
Section 105 Photographing, videotaping or electronically surveilling partially nude or nude person or the sexual or other intimate parts of a person around the person's clothing; exceptions; punishment
Section 106 Stolen valor; penalty
Section 107 Transmission of certain fines to state treasurer for deposit into Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund

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Chapter 272: CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER