(A) Whoever knowingly exhibits, prints, publishes, sells, offers for sale or distributes any book, pamphlet, picture, printed paper or other thing containing any obscene picture, figure or description, as defined by the laws of this state, tending to the corruption of the morals of youth, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(B) As used in this section OBSCENE means that to the average person, applying contemporary standards, the predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest among which is a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, and which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters. If it appears from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination that the subject matter is to be distributed to minors under 16 years of age, predominant appeal shall be judged with reference to such class of minors.
(Prior Code, § 14-17) (Ord. passed 3-18-1968) Penalty, see § 132.99
Statutory reference:
Obscenity, see S.C. Code §§ 16-15-150 et seq.