For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OBSCENE. A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, that is, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, and if it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters. A thing is OBSCENE even though the obscenity is latent, as in the case of undeveloped photographs.
(1977 Code, § 6-6-1)