Editing Hays Code (section)

===Don'ts===
"Those things which are included in the following list shall not appear in pictures produced by the members of this Association, irrespective of the manner in which they are treated":<ref name="donts" />

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# Pointed profanity{{--}}by either title or lip{{--}}this includes the words God, Lord, Jesus, Christ (unless they be used reverently in connection with proper religious ceremonies), Hell, S.O.B., damn, Gawd, and every other profane and vulgar expression however it may be spelled;
# Any licentious or suggestive nudity{{--}}in fact or in silhouette; and any lecherous or licentious notice thereof by other characters in the picture;
# The illegal traffic in drugs;
# Any inference of sex perversion;
# [[Sexual slavery#White slavery|White slavery]];
# [[Miscegenation]];
# [[sexual health|Sex hygiene]] and venereal diseases;
# Scenes of actual childbirth{{--}}in fact or in silhouette;
# Children's sex organs;
# Ridicule of the [[clergy]];
# Willful offense to any nation, race or creed; 
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