§ 11-206
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§11–206.
(1)A person may not knowingly require a purchaser or consignee to receive obscene matter as a condition to a sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery for resale of a paper, magazine, book, periodical, publication, or other merchandise.
(2)In response to a person’s return of or failure to accept obscene matter, a person may not knowingly:
(i)deny or revoke a franchise;
(ii)threaten to deny or revoke a franchise; or
(iii)impose a financial or other penalty.
(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.