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Penal Code §286 provides that sodomy is sexual contact consisting of contact between the penis of one person and the anus of another person. Any sexual
penetration, however, slight, is sufficient to complete the crime of sodomy.
Oral Copulation ( Penal Code 288a pc)
Penal Code §288a provides that oral copulation is the act of copulating the mouth of one person with the sexual organ or anus of another person.
LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS ( Penal Code 288 pc)
Penal Code §288 provides that any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including all those described above, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony.
HARMFUL MATTER SENT WITH INTENT OF SEDUCTION OF MINOR:
(a) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor, or who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the true age of a minor, knowingly
distributes, sends, causes to be sent, exhibits, or offers to distribute or exhibit by any means, including, but not limited to, live or recorded telephone messages, any harmful matter to a minor with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of that person or of a minor, and with the intent or for the purpose of seducing a minor, is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison or in a county jail. A person convicted of a second and any subsequent conviction for a violation of this section is guilty of a felony.
(b) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor, knowingly distributes, sends, causes to be sent, exhibits, or offers to distribute or exhibit
by electronic mail, the Internet, or a commercial online service, any harmful matter, to a minor with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of that person or of a minor, and with the intent, or for the purpose of seducing a minor, is guilty of a public offense and
shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison or in a county jail. A person convicted of a second and any subsequent conviction for a violation
of this section is guilty of a felony.
(c) It shall be a defense to any prosecution under this section that a parent or guardian committed the act charged in aid of legitimate sex education.
(d) It shall be a defense in any prosecution under this section that the act charged was committed in aid of legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
(e) It does not constitute a violation of this section for a telephone corporation, as defined in Section 234 of the Public Utilities Code, a cable television company franchised pursuant to Section 53066 of the Government Code, or any of its affiliates, an Internet service provider, or commercial online service provider, to carry, broadcast, or transmit messages described in this section or perform related activities in providing telephone, cable television, Internet, or
commercial online services.
CONTACT OF MINOR WITH INTENT TO COMMIT SEXUAL OFFENSE:
(a) Every person who contacts or communicates with a minor, or attempts to contact or communicate with a minor, who knows or reasonably should know that the person is a minor, with intent to commit a sexual offense specified minor shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for the term
prescribed for an attempt to commit the intended offense.
CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD:
(a) Any person who either resides in the same home with the minor child or has recurring access to the child, who over a period of time, not less than three months in duration, engages in three or more acts of substantial sexual conduct with a child under the age of 14 years at the time of the commission of the offense, or three or more acts of lewd or lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 14 years at the time of the commission of the offense is
guilty of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 6, 12, or 16 years.
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING OF ANIMAL ( Penal Code 286.5 pc)
Penal Code §286.5 provides that any person who sexually assaults any animal for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
BIGAMY( Penal Code 281 pc)
Penal Code §281 provides that every person having a husband or wife living, who marries any other person, is guilty of bigamy, with the following exceptions:
(1) any person by reason of any former marriage whose husband or wife by such marriage has been absent for five successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living.
(2) any person by reason of any former marriage which has been pronounced void, annulled, or dissolved by the judgment of a competent court.
MARRYING THE HUSBAND OR WIFE OF ANOTHER:
Penal Code §284 provides that every person who knowingly and willfully marries the husband or wife of another, in any case in which such husband or wife would be punishable under this chapter, is punishable by fine of not less than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison.
INCEST ( Penal Code 285 pc)
Penal Code §285 provides that person within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void, who intermarry with each other, or who being 14 years of age or older, commit fornication or adultery with each other, are punishable by imprisonment in the state prison.
INDECENT EXPOSURE AND LEWD OR OBSCENE CONDUCT ( Penal Code 314 pc)
Penal Code §314 provides that every person who willfully and lewdly, either:
1. Exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; or,
2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose himself or take part in any model artist exhibition, or to make any other exhibition of himself to public view, or the view of any number of persons, such as is offensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to vicious or lewd thoughts or acts, is guilty of a
misdemeanor. Every person who violates subdivision 1 of this section after having entered, without consent, an inhabited dwelling house, or trailer coach, or the inhabited portion of any other building, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or in the county jail not exceeding one year.
Upon the second and each subsequent conviction under subdivision 1 of this section, or upon a first conviction under subdivision 1 of this section after a
previous conviction under Section 288, every person so convicted is guilty of a felony, and is punishable by imprisonment in state prison.
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