(a) A person may not knowingly:
- (1) write or create advertising or otherwise promote the sale or distribution of matter the person represents or holds out to be obscene; or
- (2) solicit the publication of advertising that promotes the sale or distribution of matter the person represents or holds out to be obscene.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:
- (1) for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and
- (2) for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002.
Formerly Art. 27, §§ 421, 424.