New Hampshire Revised Statutes 633:6 – Definitions
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In this subdivision:
I. “Commercial sex act” means any sex act because of which anything of value is given, promised to, or received, directly or indirectly, by any person.
II. “Sex act” means any act of sexual contact as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:1, IV, any act of sexual penetration as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:1, V, or any other sexually explicit conduct as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 649-A:2.
III. “Sexually-explicit performance” means an act or show involving one or more sex acts, intended to arouse, satisfy the sexual desires of, or appeal to the prurient interests of patrons or viewers, whether public or private, live, photographed, recorded, or videotaped.
IV. “Serious harm” includes physical and non-physical harm. It can be any improper threat of a consequence sufficient under the circumstances to compel or coerce a reasonable person in the same situation to provide or continue to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts or sexually explicit performances.
V. [Repealed.]
VI. “Abusing or threatening abuse of law or legal process” means using or threatening to use a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.
VII. “Victim of human trafficking” means:
(a) An individual who, at any point in time, was the victim of a trafficking in persons offense under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 633:7, I-III, whether or not the offense was prosecuted; or
(b) An individual who at any point in time was the victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons offense under 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11)(A), whether or not the offense was prosecuted.
I. “Commercial sex act” means any sex act because of which anything of value is given, promised to, or received, directly or indirectly, by any person.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 633:6
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
II. “Sex act” means any act of sexual contact as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:1, IV, any act of sexual penetration as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:1, V, or any other sexually explicit conduct as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 649-A:2.
III. “Sexually-explicit performance” means an act or show involving one or more sex acts, intended to arouse, satisfy the sexual desires of, or appeal to the prurient interests of patrons or viewers, whether public or private, live, photographed, recorded, or videotaped.
IV. “Serious harm” includes physical and non-physical harm. It can be any improper threat of a consequence sufficient under the circumstances to compel or coerce a reasonable person in the same situation to provide or continue to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts or sexually explicit performances.
V. [Repealed.]
VI. “Abusing or threatening abuse of law or legal process” means using or threatening to use a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.
VII. “Victim of human trafficking” means:
(a) An individual who, at any point in time, was the victim of a trafficking in persons offense under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 633:7, I-III, whether or not the offense was prosecuted; or
(b) An individual who at any point in time was the victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons offense under 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11)(A), whether or not the offense was prosecuted.