Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1327
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Advocating of unlawfulness, criminal syndicalism,
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sabotage, sedition or treason upon public school grounds prohibited
- Penalties.
A. The Legislature recognizes that special circumstances exist
as regards college campuses and public school facilities, including
the fact that a large number of people are confined to a small area,
and certain acts committed in such places would have a more
detrimental effect as regards the health and safety of those
involved than if the same act were committed at some other place,
and, in keeping with these facts, any person on the campuses or
school grounds of any public state-supported institutions of higher
learning or public school facilities 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 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,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 670
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; shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21
of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not less than Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, that
none of the provisions of this section shall be construed to modify
or affect Section 166 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any person on the campuses or school grounds of any public
state-supported institutions of higher learning or public school
facilities above the age of eighteen (18) years who advocates
revolution, teaches or justifies a program of sabotage, force and
violation, sedition or treason against the government of the United
States or of this state, or who directly or indirectly advocates or
teaches by any means the overthrow of the government of the United
States or of this state by force or any unlawful means shall be
guilty of a Class A3 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be
olution, teaches or justifies a program of sabotage, force and
violation, sedition or treason against the government of the United
States or of this state, or who directly or indirectly advocates or
teaches by any means the overthrow of the government of the United
States or of this state by force or any unlawful means shall be
guilty of a Class A3 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary from ten (10)
years to life.
- Penalties.
A. The Legislature recognizes that special circumstances exist
as regards college campuses and public school facilities, including
the fact that a large number of people are confined to a small area,
and certain acts committed in such places would have a more
detrimental effect as regards the health and safety of those
involved than if the same act were committed at some other place,
and, in keeping with these facts, any person on the campuses or
school grounds of any public state-supported institutions of higher
learning or public school facilities 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 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,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 670
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; shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21
of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not less than Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, that
none of the provisions of this section shall be construed to modify
or affect Section 166 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any person on the campuses or school grounds of any public
state-supported institutions of higher learning or public school
facilities above the age of eighteen (18) years who advocates
revolution, teaches or justifies a program of sabotage, force and
violation, sedition or treason against the government of the United
States or of this state, or who directly or indirectly advocates or
teaches by any means the overthrow of the government of the United
States or of this state by force or any unlawful means shall be
guilty of a Class A3 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be
olution, teaches or justifies a program of sabotage, force and
violation, sedition or treason against the government of the United
States or of this state, or who directly or indirectly advocates or
teaches by any means the overthrow of the government of the United
States or of this state by force or any unlawful means shall be
guilty of a Class A3 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary from ten (10)
years to life.
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