A person having in his care, custody or control, in any capacity, a child under the age of sixteen years, who knowingly sells, apprentices or otherwise disposes of such child to any person under any name, title or pretense for the purpose of giving a performance, begging or peddling, in a public street or highway, or in any mendicant or wandering business whatsoever, or a person who receives, uses or has in his custody, a child for such purpose, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3621

  • Knowingly: means , with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware or believes that the person's conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Misdemeanor: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment other than to the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105