California Penal Code CHAPTER 7.6 - Harmful Matter

• Section 313.
  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...
• Section 313.1.
  (a) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor, or who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the true age of a...
• Section 313.2.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any parent or guardian from distributing any harmful matter to his child or ward or permitting his child or...
• Section 313.3.
  It shall be a defense in any prosecution for a violation of this chapter that the act charged was committed in aid of legitimate scientific...
• Section 313.4.
  Every person who violates Section 313.1, other than subdivision (e), is punishable by fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), by imprisonment in...
• Section 313.5.
  If any phrase, clause, sentence, section or provision of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018