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the contract is made directly or indirectly, and
whether the receipt of the consideration is received
or is due to be received before or after the matu-
rity date of the loan.
35-45-7-4. Contracts void.
A loan or a contract for a loan which is made
through loansharking is void.
Chapter 8. Consumer Product
Tampering.
35-45-8-1.
“Consumer product” defined.
35-45-8-2.
“Labeling” defined.
35-45-8-3.
Consumer product tampering.
35-45-8-1. “Consumer product” defined.
As used in this chapter, “consumer product”
means:
(1) A food, drug, device, or cosmetic (as
defined under IC 16-18-2-82, IC 16-18-2-
94, IC 16-18-2-101(a), or IC 16-18-2-
135(a)); or
(2) An item designed to be consumed for
personal care or for performing household
services.
35-45-8-2. “Labeling” defined.
As used in this chapter, “labeling” has the
meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-198(a).
35-45-8-3. Consumer product tampering.
A person who:
(1) recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally
introduces a poison, a harmful substance,
or a harmful foreign object into a con-
sumer product; or
(2) with intent to mislead a consumer of a
consumer product, tampers with the label-
ing of a consumer product;
that has been introduced into commerce commits
consumer product tampering, a Level 6 felony.
However, the offense is a Level 5 felony if it
results in harm to a person, and it is a Level 4
felony if it results in serious bodily injury to
another person.
Chapter 9. Criminal Gang Control.
35-45-9-1.
“Criminal gang” defined.
35-45-9-2.
“Threatens” defined.
35-45-9-3.
Criminal gang activity.
35-45-9-4.
Criminal gang intimidation.
35-45-9-5.
Criminal gang recruitment.
35-45-9-6.
Restitution.
35-45-9-1. “Criminal gang” defined.
As used in this chapter, “criminal gang” means
a group with at least three (3) members that specif-
ically:
(1) either:
(A) promotes, sponsors, or assists in; or
(B) participates in; or
(2) requires as a condition of membership
or continued membership;
the commission of a felony or an act that would
be a felony if committed by an adult or the offense
of battery (IC 35-42-2-1).
35-45-9-2. “Threatens” defined.
As used in this chapter, “threatens” includes
a communication made with the intent to harm a
person or the person’s property or any other per-
son or the property of another person.
35-45-9-3. Criminal gang activity.
(a) As used in this section, “benefit, promote,
or further the interests of a criminal gang” means
to commit a felony or misdemeanor that would
cause a reasonable person to believe results in:
(1) a benefit to a criminal gang;
(2) the promotion of a criminal gang; or
(3) furthering the interests of a criminal
gang.
(b) As used in this section, “purpose of increas-
ing a person’s own standing or position within a
criminal gang” means committing a felony or
misdemeanor that would cause a reasonable per-
son to believe results in increasing the person’s
standing or position within a criminal gang.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally
commits an act:
(1) with the intent to benefit, promote, or
further the interests of a criminal gang; or
(2) for the purpose of increasing the per-
son’s own standing or position within a
criminal gang;
commits criminal gang activity, a Level 6 felony.
(d) In determining whether a person commit-
ted an offense under this section, the trier of fact
may consider a person’s association with a crim-
