Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1263
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Advocating or teaching necessity, etc., of crime,
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criminal syndicalism or sabotage - Printing, publishing, etc.,
books, pamphlets, etc. - Organizing or becoming member of society or
assembly.
Any person who, by word of mouth or writings, advocates,
affirmatively suggests or teaches the duty, necessity, propriety or
expediency of crime, criminal syndicalism, or sabotage, or who shall
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 550
advocate, affirmatively suggest or teach the duty, necessity,
propriety or expediency of doing any act of violence, the
destruction of or damage to any property, the bodily injury to any
person or persons, or the commission of any crime or unlawful act as
a means of accomplishing or effecting any industrial or political
ends, change, or revolution, or for profit; or who prints,
publishes, edits, issues, or knowingly circulates, sells,
distributes, or publicly displays any books, pamphlets, paper,
handbill, poster, document, or written or printed matter in any form
whatsoever, containing matter advocating, advising, affirmatively
suggesting, or teaching crime, criminal syndicalism, sabotage, the
doing of any act of physical violence, the destruction of or damage
to any property, the injury to any person, or the commission of any
crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing, effecting or
bringing about any industrial or political ends, or change, or as a
means of accomplishing, effecting or bringing about any industrial
or political revolution, or for profit; or who shall openly, or at
all attempt to justify by word of mouth or writing, the commission
or the attempt to commit sabotage, any act of physical violence, the
destruction of or damage to any property, the injury to any person
or the commission of any crime or unlawful act, with the intent to
exemplify, spread or teach or affirmatively suggest criminal
syndicalism; or who organizes, or helps to organize or becomes a
member of or voluntarily assembles with any society or assemblage of
persons which teaches, advocates, or affirmatively suggests the
doctrine of criminal syndicalism, sabotage, or the necessity,
propriety or expediency of doing any act of physical violence or the
commission of any crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing
or effecting any industrial or political ends, change or revolution,
or for profit, is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or by a fine
of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Provided, that none of the provisions of
Sections 1261 through 1264 of this title shall be construed to
modify or affect Section 166 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
books, pamphlets, etc. - Organizing or becoming member of society or
assembly.
Any person who, by word of mouth or writings, advocates,
affirmatively suggests or teaches the duty, necessity, propriety or
expediency of crime, criminal syndicalism, or sabotage, or who shall
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 550
advocate, affirmatively suggest or teach the duty, necessity,
propriety or expediency of doing any act of violence, the
destruction of or damage to any property, the bodily injury to any
person or persons, or the commission of any crime or unlawful act as
a means of accomplishing or effecting any industrial or political
ends, change, or revolution, or for profit; or who prints,
publishes, edits, issues, or knowingly circulates, sells,
distributes, or publicly displays any books, pamphlets, paper,
handbill, poster, document, or written or printed matter in any form
whatsoever, containing matter advocating, advising, affirmatively
suggesting, or teaching crime, criminal syndicalism, sabotage, the
doing of any act of physical violence, the destruction of or damage
to any property, the injury to any person, or the commission of any
crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing, effecting or
bringing about any industrial or political ends, or change, or as a
means of accomplishing, effecting or bringing about any industrial
or political revolution, or for profit; or who shall openly, or at
all attempt to justify by word of mouth or writing, the commission
or the attempt to commit sabotage, any act of physical violence, the
destruction of or damage to any property, the injury to any person
or the commission of any crime or unlawful act, with the intent to
exemplify, spread or teach or affirmatively suggest criminal
syndicalism; or who organizes, or helps to organize or becomes a
member of or voluntarily assembles with any society or assemblage of
persons which teaches, advocates, or affirmatively suggests the
doctrine of criminal syndicalism, sabotage, or the necessity,
propriety or expediency of doing any act of physical violence or the
commission of any crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing
or effecting any industrial or political ends, change or revolution,
or for profit, is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or by a fine
of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Provided, that none of the provisions of
Sections 1261 through 1264 of this title shall be construed to
modify or affect Section 166 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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