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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Performance” means any play, dance, act, drama, piece, interlude, pantomime, show, scene, or other three-dimensional presentation or a part of a play, dance, act, drama, piece, interlude, pantomime, show, scene, or other three-dimensional presentation, whether:
(A) Performed live or photographed;
(B) Filmed;
(C) Videotaped; or
(D) Visually depicted by any other photographic, cinematic, magnetic, or electronic means;
(2) “Promote” means to:
(A) Sell, give, provide, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise; or
(B) Offer or agree to sell, give, provide, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise;
(3) “Sadomasochistic abuse” means flagellation, mutilation, or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in an undergarment or in revealing or bizarre costume or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed, in a sexual context;
(4) “Sexual conduct” means:
(A) Actual or simulated sexual intercourse;
(B) Deviate sexual activity;
(C) Sexual bestiality;
(D) Masturbation;
(E) Sadomasochistic abuse; or
(F) Lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person or a breast of a female; and
(5) “Sexual performance” means any performance or part of a performance that includes sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-27-401. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-5-criminal-offenses/ar-code-sect-5-27-401/
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