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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE MATTER, PRO- <br />VIDING PENALTIES THEREFORE, GIVING DEFINITIONS,STATING POLICY, <br />PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY <br />AND OTHER PURPOSES. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS AS <br />FOLLOWS <br />SECTION i <br />DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act; <br />(a) A thing is "obscene" if, by contemporary <br />community standards, and considered as a whole, its predominant <br />appeal is to prurient interest. <br />(b) "Prurient interest" is defined as a shameful <br />or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, which goes <br />substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description <br />or representation of such matters. If it appears from the <br />character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination <br />that the subject matter is designed for, or directed to a specially <br />susceptible audience, the subject matter shall be judged with ref- <br />erence to such audience. For the purpose of Section 7 of this Act, <br />when the subject matter is distributed or exhibited to minors under <br />18 years of age, the subject matter shall be judged. with reference <br />to an average person in the community of the actual age of the <br />minor to whom such material is distributed, or exhibited. In all <br />other cases, the subject matter shall be judged with reference to <br />the average person in the community. <br />