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. (a) It shall be unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit,
release, discharge or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour,
deposit, release, discharge or expose in, upon or about any theater,
restaurant, place of business, place of amusement or any place of
public assemblage, any liquid, gaseous or solid substance or matter
of any kind which is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous,
sickening, irritating or offensive to any of the senses.
(b) It shall be unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess
any liquid, gaseous, or solid substance or matter of any kind which
is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening,
irritating or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw,
drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge or expose the same in, upon
or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of
amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions hereof shall be
punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three
months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five
hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars
($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(d) Any person who, in violating any of the provisions of
subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any liquid, gaseous or
solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury
through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in
violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully
employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas or any of the combinations
or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or
explosives, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by
imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.