Sec. 140.
Any person having the care, custody, or control of any child under 16 years of age, who shall exhibit, use, or employ, or who shall apprentice, give away, let out, or otherwise dispose of the child to any person in or for the vocation, service, or occupation of rope or wire walking, gymnast, contortionist, rider, or acrobat, dancing, or begging in any place whatsoever, or for any obscene, indecent, or immoral purpose, exhibition, or practice whatsoever, or for any exhibition injurious to the health or dangerous to the life or limb of the child, or who shall cause, procure, or encourage the child to engage therein, and any person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, use, exhibit, or have in custody any child for any of the purposes mentioned in this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.140 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003 Former Law: See section 1 of Act 260 of 1881, being How., § 1998; CL 1897, § 5553; CL 1915, § 7222; and CL 1929, § 12798.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code
Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)
328-1931-XX - Chapter XX Children (750.135...750.145g)
Section 750.135a - Leaving Child Unattended in Vehicle; Prohibition; Violation; Definitions.
Section 750.137 - Purchases From Minors.
Section 750.138 - Children; Legal Custody; Interference.
Section 750.140 - Children; Exhibition; Employ; Apprentice.
Section 750.141b - Repealed. 1963, Act 162, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963.
Section 750.141c, 750.141d - Repealed. 1978, Act 531, Eff. Dec. 23, 1978.
Section 750.142 - Furnishing Obscene Publications or Criminal News to Minors.
Section 750.143 - Children; Exhibition of Obscene Matter.
Section 750.144 - Minor; Boarding Houses, Licensing.
Section 750.145 - Minor; Contributing to Neglect or Delinquency.
Section 750.145a - Accosting, Enticing or Soliciting Child for Immoral Purpose.