A. Every person who willfully either:

1. 1. Lewdly exposes his person or genitals in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby;
2. 2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person to expose such person, or to make any other exhibition of such person to public view or to the view of any number of persons, for the purpose of sexual stimulation of the viewer;
3. 3. Writes, composes, stereotypes, prints, photographs, designs, copies, draws, engraves, paints, molds, cuts, or otherwise prepares, publishes, sells, distributes, keeps for sale, or exhibits any obscene or indecent writing, paper, book, picture, photograph, motion picture, figure, form of any description or any type of obscene material; or
4. 4. Makes, prepares, cuts, sells, gives, loans, distributes, keeps for sale, or exhibits any disc record, metal, plastic, or wax, wire or tape recording, or any type of obscene material or any other kind of sound recording of any obscene or indecent language, poetry, or songs, or who speaks any words by means of a telephone to any person which are offensive to decency or are calculated to excite vicious or lewd thoughts or acts, or who speaks any other communicable words which are offensive to decency or are adapted to excite vicious or lewd thoughts or acts, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a felony and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Persons convicted under paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection A of this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence.

B. Every person who:

1. 1. Willfully solicits or aids a minor child to perform; or

2. 2. Shows, exhibits, loans, or distributes to a minor child any obscene or indecent writing, paper, book, picture, photograph, motion picture, figure, or form of any description or any type of obscene material for the purpose of inducing said minor to participate in, any act specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional institution for not less than ten (10) years nor more than thirty (30) years. Persons convicted under subsection B of this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence.

   Historical Data R.L. 1910, § 2463; Amended by Laws 1935, HB 536, p. 18, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1935; Amended by Laws 1951, HB 493, p. 60, § 1; Amended by Laws 1961, SB 144, p. 230, § 1, emerg. eff. July 18, 1961; Amended by Laws 1967, SB 68, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1967; Amended by Laws 1978, SB 328, c. 121, § 1; Amended by Laws 1984, HB 1779, c. 91, § 1, eff. November 1, 1984; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2506, c. 37, § 1, eff. November 1, 1996.