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RI Gen L § 11-9-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-17 - Sterilization.

§ 11-9-17. Sterilization.Every person who performs or aids and abets in the performance of a sterilization procedure on any person under the age of eighteen (18), unless the sterilization is incidental to, or is rendered necessary or unavoidable by, some other medical treatment or procedure required to preserve the life or health of that person, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 187, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-18 - Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions.

§ 11-9-18. Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions.Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of an abortion shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or both. Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of an abortion, and, as a result of that failure, the infant dies, shall be guilty of the crime of manslaughter.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 280, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-19 - Sale of spray paint to minors.

§ 11-9-19. Sale of spray paint to minors.(a) No person shall knowingly sell to any child under eighteen (18) years of age any aerosol container of paint capable of defacing property.(b) For purposes of this section, bona fide evidence of majority, identity of majority and identity of the person is a document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or subdivision or agency of them, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate issued under the federal Selective Service Act, 50 App. U.S.C. § 451 et seq., or an identification card issued to a member of the armed forces.(c) Proof that the defendant, or his employee or agent, demanded, was shown and acted in reliance upon bona fide evidence in any sale transaction forbidden by subsection (a) of this section, shall be a defense to any criminal prosecution for that violation.(d) Any person who owns, manages or operates a place of business where aerosol containers of paint capable of defacing property are sold shall conspicuously post notice of this law in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch (⅜") high.(e) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 394, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-19.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-19.1 - Possession of spray paint by a minor.

§ 11-9-19.1. Possession of spray paint by a minor.(a) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall have in his or her possession or under his or her control any aerosol container of spray paint. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a requirement of up to fifty (50) hours of community restitution work.(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to possession or use of aerosol spray paint containers on property owned or rented by the minor or his or her parent(s) or guardian(s).History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-20 - Sale of matches.

§ 11-9-20. Sale of matches.(a) No person, firm or corporation that owns, manages or operates a place of business including vending machines shall knowingly sell, give or deliver matches to any child under the age of twelve (12) years. The owner, operator or manager of a place of business where matches are sold shall post a notice of this law conspicuously in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch (⅜") high. Signs required by this section may be provided, at cost, by the department of health.(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 159, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-9-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-21 - Prohibition of sale of certain dietary supplements to minors.

§ 11-9-21. Prohibition of sale of certain dietary supplements to minors.(a) It shall be a misdemeanor for any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person, to sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish any of the following to a person under 18 years of age:(1) A dietary supplement containing an ephedrine group alkaloid.(2) A dietary supplement containing any of the following:(A) Androstanedoil.(B) Androstanedione.(C) Androstenedione.(D) Noradrostenediol.(E) Norandrostenedione.(F) Dehydroepiandrosterone.(b) The seller shall request valid identification from any individual who attempts to purchase a dietary supplement set forth in subsection (a) if that individual reasonably appears to the seller to be under 18 years of age.(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a retail clerk who fails to request identification pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to any civil penalties, or subject to any disciplinary action or discharge by his or her employer.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 244, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 246, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-1 - Receipts for installment payments for merchandise.

§ 11-9.1-1. Receipts for installment payments for merchandise.Any person selling merchandise on the installment plan shall give to every purchaser of the merchandise on the plan a receipt in writing for every installment paid on account of the price of the merchandise, and every such receipt shall show the balance of the price remaining unpaid after giving credit for the payment. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00).History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1596, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 184, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 210, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 384, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-15-1.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-2 - Fraudulent issuance of bill of lading.

§ 11-9.1-2. Fraudulent issuance of bill of lading.Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading knowing that all or any part of the goods for which the bill is issued have not been received by the carrier, or by an agent of the carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the bill, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 44; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-45.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-3 - False statements in bill of lading.

§ 11-9.1-3. False statements in bill of lading.Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 45; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-46.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-4 - Unlawful issuance of duplicate bill of lading.

§ 11-9.1-4. Unlawful issuance of duplicate bill of lading.Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill of lading for goods without placing plainly upon the face of each bill the word "duplicate" or some other word or words indicating that the document is not an original bill of lading, knowing that a former negotiable bill of lading for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 46; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-47.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-5 - Unlawful shipment on negotiable bill of lading.

§ 11-9.1-5. Unlawful shipment on negotiable bill of lading.Any person who ships goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for the goods a negotiable bill of lading which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 47; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-48.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-6 - Transfer of bill of lading for goods not in control of carrier.

§ 11-9.1-6. Transfer of bill of lading for goods not in control of carrier.Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill of lading knowing that any or all of the goods which, by the terms of the bill, appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill of lading, are not in the possession or control of the carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 48; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-49.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-7 - Fraudulently procuring issuance of bill of lading.

§ 11-9.1-7. Fraudulently procuring issuance of bill of lading.Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue by a carrier of a bill of lading knowing that at the time of the issue any or all of the goods described in the bill, as received for transportation, have not been received by the carrier, or an agent of the carrier or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent, or servant of the carrier falsely to believe that the goods have been received by the carrier, or are under its control, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 49; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-50.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-8 - Failure to mark nonnegotiable bill of lading.

§ 11-9.1-8. Failure to mark nonnegotiable bill of lading.Any person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading without the words "not negotiable" placed plainly upon the face of it shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 50; G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-51.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-9 - Issuance of fraudulent warehouse receipt.

§ 11-9.1-9. Issuance of fraudulent warehouse receipt.A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who issues or aids in issuing a warehouse receipt knowing that the goods for which the receipt is issued have not been actually received by the warehouse operator, or are not under his or her actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 50; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-51.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-10 - False statements in warehouse receipt.

§ 11-9.1-10. False statements in warehouse receipt.A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a warehouse receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-52.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-11 - Failure to mark duplicate warehouse receipt.

§ 11-9.1-11. Failure to mark duplicate warehouse receipt.A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face of it the word "Duplicate," except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in § 6A-7-601, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 52; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-53.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-12 - Failure to state warehouse operator's title in warehouse receipt.

§ 11-9.1-12. Failure to state warehouse operator's title in warehouse receipt.Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouse operator goods of which he or she is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouse operator, or any of his or her officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for the goods which does not state that ownership, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 53; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-54.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-13 - Failure to take up warehouse receipt on delivery of goods.

§ 11-9.1-13. Failure to take up warehouse receipt on delivery of goods.A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouse operator, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession of the receipt at or before the time of the delivery, shall, except in the cases provided for in §§ 6A-7-210 and 6A-7-601, be found guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 54; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-55.
RI Gen L § 11-9.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions|Section 11-9.1-14 - Failure of depositor to disclose lien or want of title on negotiation of warehouse receipt.

§ 11-9.1-14. Failure of depositor to disclose lien or want of title on negotiation of warehouse receipt.Any person who deposits goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for those goods a negotiable receipt which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 55; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-56.
RI Gen L § 11-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-10 - Crime Against Nature|Section 11-10-1 - Abominable and detestable crime against nature.

§ 11-10-1. Abominable and detestable crime against nature.Every person who shall be convicted of the abominable and detestable crime against nature, with any beast, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than seven (7) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 11-10-1; P.L. 1998, ch. 24, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-11 - Disorderly Conduct|Section 11-11-1 - Disturbance of public assemblies generally.

§ 11-11-1. Disturbance of public assemblies generally.Every person who shall willfully interrupt or disturb any town or ward meeting, any assembly of people met for religious worship, any military funeral or memorial service, any public or private school, any meeting lawfully and peaceably held for purposes of moral, literary or scientific improvement, or any other lawful meeting, exhibition or entertainment, either within or without the place where the meeting or school is held, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 396, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-11-1; P.L. 2007, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 212, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-11 - Disorderly Conduct|Section 11-11-2 - Use of dangerous or offensive instruments or substances to disturb public assemblies.

§ 11-11-2. Use of dangerous or offensive instruments or substances to disturb public assemblies.Any person who shall willfully place in, on, about, or upon any theater, motion picture house, hall, or other building or place where people are assembled for the purpose of entertainment or instruction, any substance or thing that does or is liable to interrupt and disturb the peace and order of that place, or is liable to interrupt, disturb, or throw into confusion or endanger the life and limb of persons assembled in that place, or which is liable to or does cause injury to the property of the owner, lessee, tenant, or other occupant of the theater, motion picture house, hall, or other building or place, or whoever willfully throws into, against or upon, or puts, places, and explodes or causes to be placed or exploded in or upon any theater, motion picture house, hall, or any other building or place of public assemblage, any bomb, torpedo, or other instrument or package loaded or filled with any explosive or offensive substance with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure the theater, motion picture house, hall, or other building or place of public assemblage, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 76; P.L. 1932, ch. 1921, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 86; G.L. 1956, § 11-11-2.
RI Gen L § 11-11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-11 - Disorderly Conduct|Section 11-11-3 - Carrying on business or entertainment in vicinity of religious meeting.

§ 11-11-3. Carrying on business or entertainment in vicinity of religious meeting.Whenever any religious society shall hold any camp, tent, grove or other out-door meeting, or the Society of General Six-principle Baptists of Rhode Island and Massachusetts shall hold their annual "general meeting," for any purpose connected with the object for which the religious society was organized, no person, without the consent of the religious society or of its proper officers, shall keep in any shop, tent, booth, wagon or carriage or other place, for sale, or expose for sale any spirituous or intoxicating liquors or other drinks or food or merchandise of any kind, or hawk or peddle any liquors or merchandise mentioned in this section within one mile of the place of the meeting, nor shall any person engage in gaming, horse racing, or exhibit or offer to exhibit any show or play within the like distance of one mile of a meeting; and every person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) nor less than five dollars ($5.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to prevent innkeepers, grocers, or other persons from pursuing their ordinary business at their usual place of doing business, nor to prevent any person from selling victuals in his or her usual place of abode.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 121, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 147, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 152, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-11-3.