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–456– -456§ 1282. Indecent exposures, exhibitions and pictures (a) Whoever willfully and lewdly: (1) exposes the private parts of his person in a public place or a place where there is present another person to be offended or annoyed thereby; (2) procures, counsels or assists a person so to expose himself, or to take part in a model artist exhibition, or to make any other exhibition of himself to public view or to the view of any number of persons, such as is otfensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to lewd or vicious thoughts or acts; (3) writes, composes, stereotypes, prints, publishes, sells, distributes, keeps for sale or exhibits an obscene or indecent writing, paper, publication, picture, film, print, figure, or book; or designs, copies, draws, engraves, paints or otherwise prepares an obscene or indecent picture, film, or print; or molds, casts or otherwise makes an obscene or indecent figure; (4) produces, prepares, manufactures, sells, distributes, keeps for sale, exhibits, buys, rents, operates, uses, keeps or maintains recordings, transcriptions, or mechanical, chemical or electrical reproductions, or any other articles, equipment, machines or materials, used or intended to be used in producing or reproducing lewd or obscene song, ballad, or other words, whether spoken or sung; (5) writes, composes or publishes a notice of advertisement of any item, article, equipment, machine, or material mentioned in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection; or (6) smgs or speaks a lewd or obscene song, ballad or other words in a public place, or in a place where there are persons present to be annoyed thereby— shall, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. (b) Upon a second and each subsequent conviction of violating paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or upon a first conviction of violating that paragraph after a previous conviction of violating section 543 of this title, the offender shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years. § 1283. Seizure and destruction of indecent articles Every person authorized or enjoined to arrest a person for a violation of paragraph (3), (4) or (5) of subsection (a) of section 1282 of this title shall seize any or all items, articles, equipment, machines, or materials, referred to m those paragraphs, found in the possession or under the control of the person arrested. Upon a conviction of the accused, and after the expiration of the time for appeal, any items, article?, equipment, machines, or materials, in respect whereof the accused stands convicted, shall be destroyed. CHAPTER 69—KIDNAPING AND SIMILAR OFFENSES Sec. 1311. Acts constituting Icidnnping; punisliment. 1312. Kidnaping for ransom, extortion, or robbery; bodily harm; conspiracy. 1318. Extortion by posing as kidnaper or by claiming ability to obtain release of victim. 1314. Child stealing.

§ 1311. Acts constituting kidnaping; punishment (a) Whoever, without lawful authority: (1) forcibly steals, takes, or arrests a person and moves, carries, or takes him from one place to another within the Canal Zone or into any other jurisdiction;

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