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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A person is guilty of offensive exhibition when he knowingly produces, operates, manages or furnishes premises for, or in any way promotes or participates in, an exhibition in the nature of public entertainment or amusement in which:
1. A person competes continuously without respite for a period of more than eight consecutive hours in a dance contest, bicycle race or other contest involving physical endurance; or
2. A person is held up to ridicule or contempt by voluntarily submitting to indignities such as the throwing of balls or other articles at his head or body; or
3. A firearm is discharged or a knife, arrow or other sharp or dangerous instrument is thrown or propelled at or toward a person.
Offensive exhibition is a violation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law - PEN § 245.05 Offensive exhibition - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-245-05/
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