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Any person who knowingly sends or has another send, transports or has another transport, brings or has another bring obscene material to Puerto Rico for its sale, exhibition, publication or distribution, or who owns, prepares, publishes, or prints any obscene material in Puerto Rico with the intention of distributing, selling, or exhibiting it to others, or to offer it for its distribution or sale shall incur a misdemeanor.\nIf the crime described in the previous paragraph is intended for or in the presence of a minor, or if a minor is used to help or assist in the prohibited conduct, the offender shall incur a fourth degree felony.\nThe provisions of this section with respect to the exhibition of any obscene material or the possession thereof with the intention of exhibiting the same, shall not apply to any employee, projectionist, or operator of a cinematographic device who has been employed and is acting within the scope of his/her employment, provided that said employee, projectionist or operator does not have a proprietary interest of any sort in the place or establishment in which he/she is employed.\nHistory —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 155, eff. May 1, 2005.