Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS · Article 3. OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES · Part 3. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL MATERIALS TO MINORS

16-12-105. Penalty.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any person who violates any provision of Code Section 16-12-103 or 16-12-104 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.#
(b)
Any person who violates subsection (a) of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if:#
1. (1)
  The person depicted was at least 14 years of age;#
2. (2)
  The items described in subsection (a) of Code Section 16-12-103 were furnished or disseminated with the permission of the minor depicted; and#
3. (3)
  The defendant was 18 years of age or younger at the time of the offense.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 16-12-105, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1437, § 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 663, § 4/HB 156.

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