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The following persons shall register in accordance with
the Act:
   (a) Any person who, since July 1, 1944, has been, or is hereafter
convicted in any other court, including any state, federal, or
military court, of any offense that, if committed or attempted in
this state, would have been punishable as one or more of the offenses
described in subdivision (c) of Section 290, including offenses in
which the person was a principal, as defined in Section 31.
   (b) Any person ordered by any other court, including any state,
federal, or military court, to register as a sex offender for any
offense, if the court found at the time of conviction or sentencing
that the person committed the offense as a result of sexual
compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification.
   (c)  Except as provided in subdivision (d), any person who would
be required to register while residing in the state of conviction for
a sex offense committed in that state.
   (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), a person convicted in another
state of an offense similar to one of the following offenses who is
required to register in the state of conviction shall not be required
to register in California unless the out-of-state offense contains
all of the elements of a registerable California offense described in
subdivision (c) of Section 290:
   (1) Indecent exposure, pursuant to Section 314.
   (2) Unlawful sexual intercourse, pursuant to Section 261.5.
   (3) Incest, pursuant to Section 285.
   (4) Sodomy, pursuant to Section 286, or oral copulation, pursuant
to Section 288a, provided that the offender notifies the Department
of Justice that the sodomy or oral copulation conviction was for
conduct between consenting adults, as described in Section 290.019,
and the department is able, upon the exercise of reasonable
diligence, to verify that fact.
   (5) Pimping, pursuant to Section 266h, or pandering, pursuant to
Section 266i.

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