§ 2C:34-6. Definitions

New Jersey § 2C:34-6. Definitions

• Jurisdiction: New Jersey
• Title 2C: THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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2. As used in sections 2 and 3 of this act: a. "Sexually oriented business" means: (1) A commercial establishment which as one of its principal business purposes offers for sale, rental, or display any of the following: Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed material, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other visual representations which depict or describe a "specified sexual activity" or "specified anatomical area"; or still or motion picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices which show images to one person per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are characterized by the depiction of a "specified sexual activity" or "specified anatomical area"; or instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with a "specified sexual activity"; or (2) A commercial establishment which regularly features live performances characterized by the exposure of a "specified anatomical area" or by a "specified sexual activity," or which regularly shows films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic representations which depict or describe a "specified sexual activity" or "specified anatomical area." b. "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. c. "Specified anatomical area" means: (1) Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; or (2) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if covered. d. "Specified sexual activity" means: (1) The fondling or other erotic touching of covered or uncovered human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breast; or (2) Any actual or simulated act of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse. L.1995,c.230,s.2.