California Penal Code

§ 313

PEN § 313 Effective Jan 1, 1995Title 9 · Part 1 · Ch. 7.6

Statute text

As used in this chapter:

(a)“Harmful matter” means matter, taken as a whole, which to the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the prurient interest, and is matter which, taken as a whole, depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

(1)When it appears from the nature of the matter or the circumstances of its dissemination, distribution or exhibition that it is designed for clearly defined deviant sexual groups, the appeal of the matter shall be judged with reference to its intended recipient group.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 190. Effective January 1, 1995.