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CT Gen Stat § 53-300a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-300a - Sunday real estate contracts valid.

 No provision of section 53-302a shall be construed to render invalid any contract for the sale or lease of real property entered into on Sunday, and no such contract, entered into after October 1, 1967, shall be deemed to be invalid solely because it was entered into on Sunday. This section shall not affect any litigation pending in any court of this state on October 1, 1967.(1967, P.A. 681, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-415, S. 7; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)History: P.A. 76-415 replaced reference to Sec. “53-300 or 53-302” with reference to Sec. 53-302a; P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage.Cited. 177 C. 304.
CT Gen Stat § 53-301 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-301 - Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.

 Section 53-301 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 8607; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 3302d; 1957, P.A. 614, S. 1; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-302 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-302 - Employment of labor on Sunday.

 Section 53-302 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 8608; 1967, P.A. 888; 1969, P.A. 435; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-303 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303 - Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.

 No person who conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath, and actually refrains from work, labor or business on that day, or who conscientiously believes that the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at sundown on Saturday night, and actually refrains from work, labor or business during said period, shall be liable to prosecution for performing work, labor or business on Sunday.(1949 Rev., S. 8609; P.A. 76-415, S. 8; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 6.)History: P.A. 76-415 substituted “work, labor or business” for “secular business and labor” where appearing; P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 deleted requirement that person file written notice of Sabbath beliefs with prosecuting attorney of court having jurisdiction as condition of exemption from liability for prosecution and deleted provision requiring that exemption applies “provided he shall not disturb any other person who is attending public worship”.Cited. 73 C. 625; 143 C. 502. Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.Cited. 33 CS 717.Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 492.
CT Gen Stat § 53-303a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303a - Retail sales on certain holidays.

 Section 53-303a is repealed.(1961, P.A. 421; 1963, P.A. 384; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-303b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303b - Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.

 (a) The provisions of section 53-302a shall apply to Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial and Independence Day, or if any of said days is on Sunday, to the Monday following, and to Labor Day.(b) The provisions of section 53-302a shall not apply to the sale or furnishing of personal property or services at retail by any retail stores not exempted under said section 53-302a, on those Sundays following the fourth Thursday in November and preceding December twenty-fifth.(P.A. 76-415, S. 2; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 2.)History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 added Subsec. (b) re sales during Christmas shopping season.Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
CT Gen Stat § 53-303c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303c - Penalties.

 Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of sections 52-207, 53-300a, 53-302a or 53-303 to 53-303e, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense; not more than five hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in said sections shall be construed to permit any fine being imposed upon any employee or agent who has been caused or directed by his employer to violate the provisions of said sections.(P.A. 76-415, S. 3; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 3.)History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 specified applicability to firms and corporations.Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
CT Gen Stat § 53-303d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303d - Injunction.

 Any of the following may petition the superior court for the judicial district in which the violation occurs to enjoin any violations of section 53-302a or section 53-303b: (a) Any person engaged in work, labor or business prohibited or regulated by section 53-302a; (b) the Attorney General, or (c) any city or town in which a violation occurs. As used in this section, the term “person” means an individual or a business, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm or other organization or group of persons. Persons entitled to injunctive relief include but are not limited to persons competing with the defendant.(P.A. 76-415, S. 4; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 4; P.A. 82-472, S. 144, 183; P.A. 95-79, S. 179, 189.)History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 entirely replaced previous section which read: “Any individual, aggrieved by a violation of sections 52-207, 53-300a, 53-302a or 53-303 to 53-303e, inclusive, may petition the court of common pleas in the county or judicial district in which the violation occurs to enjoin such violation”; P.A. 82-472 deleted obsolete reference to counties; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
CT Gen Stat § 53-303e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303e - More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.

 (a) No employer shall compel any employee engaged in any commercial occupation or in the work of any industrial process to work more than six days in any calendar week. An employee's refusal to work more than six days in any calendar week shall not constitute grounds for his dismissal.(b) Any employee, who believes that his discharge was in violation of subsection (a) of this section may appeal such discharge to the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration. If said board finds that the employee was discharged in violation of said subsection (a), it may order whatever remedy will make the employee whole, including but not limited to reinstatement to his former or a comparable position.(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.(P.A. 76-415, S. 5; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 13-140, S. 17.)History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 13-140 deleted former Subsec. (b) re employers requiring employees to work on the Sabbath, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), deleted former Subsec. (d) re employers inquiring about applicants' observation of the Sabbath, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (c), and made conforming changes, effective June 18, 2013.Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304. Former Subsec. (b) did not pass the “clear secular purpose” test of establishment clause scrutiny; decision that former Subsec. (b) is violative of establishment clause does not extend to other provisions of statute. 191 C. 336. Cited. 229 C. 312.
CT Gen Stat § 53-303f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-303f - Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited.

 Section 53-303f is repealed.(P.A. 78-329, S. 5; P.A. 79-415, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-305 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-305 - Bond on appeal.

 If the accused appeals, such court, in addition to requiring a recognizance or appearance bond, may order such accused to give a bond conditioned for his furnishing support pending the determination of such appeal.(1949 Rev., S. 8587; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 55.)History: 1967 act deleted obsolete references to bonds under Sec. 53-304.
CT Gen Stat § 53-306 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-306 - Failure to comply with terms or make payment.

 If any person convicted under section 53-304 fails to comply fully with the terms and conditions imposed under the provisions of said section or to make any payment required by any bond given pursuant to an appeal under section 53-305, the suspension of the execution of any community correctional center sentence imposed may be revoked and such person may be committed, and any such action shall not affect the validity of any such bond.(1949 Rev., S. 8588; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 56; 1969, P.A. 297.)History: 1967 act deleted obsolete references to bond under section 53-304 and added provisions re bond given under section 53-305; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”.
CT Gen Stat § 53-307 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-307 - Jurisdiction.

 Section 53-307 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 8589; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-308 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-308 - Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.

 When any bond or recognizance conditioned for the appearance of any person accused in any information or complaint charging a violation of any of the provisions of section 53-304 becomes forfeited or whenever any person convicted under the provisions of said section gives a bond and fails to comply with the provisions of the same, the court before which such information or complaint is pending or in which such conviction was had, upon collection or settlement of such forfeited bond or recognizance, may order the avails or any portion thereof to be paid to the spouse or for the support of the children or both, in such manner and installments as such court may find reasonable, or may order the avails or any portion thereof to be paid to the selectmen of the town, Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court, or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, who shall administer the same for the benefit of the spouse or children or both, as they or he may find reasonable.(1949 Rev., S. 8590; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 136; 1967, P.A. 138; 1969, P.A. 447, S. 4; 730, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 171; P.A. 74-183, S. 123, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 513, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 78-331, S. 34, 58; P.A. 93-396, S. 12; P.A. 01-91, S. 28.)History: 1959 act deleted references to trial justices which were abolished; 1967 act deleted reference to giving a bond under section 53-304; 1969 acts replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of finance and control; 1971 act authorized payments to family relations division of circuit court; P.A. 74-183 replaced family relations division of circuit court with family relations office of court of common pleas, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, reflecting transfer of all jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-331 substituted “spouse” for “wife” eliminating unnecessary distinction based on sex; P.A. 93-396 replaced reference to family relations office with support enforcement division; P.A. 01-91 changed “the Support Enforcement Division” to “Support Enforcement Services”.
CT Gen Stat § 53-311a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-311a - Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates.

 (a) No person, company, partnership or corporation shall engage in the practice of mailing or the distribution in any form of any credit card, charge plate or any like instrument or device to any other person, firm or corporation unless such other person, firm or corporation has previously made a request therefor in writing or verbally.(b) Any person, company, partnership or corporation which violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each card, plate, instrument or device so mailed or distributed.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the renewal of any credit card, charge plate or like instrument or device unless the recipient has previously indicated in writing his intention that such renewal not be effected nor shall it apply to the replacement of any such instrument or device by the issuer thereof during the period such instrument or device is in effect.(1969, P.A. 136, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-312 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-312 - False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property.

 Section 53-312 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 8613; 1969, P.A. 591, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-313 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-313 - “Bucket shop”; definition.

 A bucket shop, within the meaning of this section and section 53-314, is defined to be an office, store or other place wherein the proprietor or keeper thereof, either in his or its own behalf, or as the agent or correspondent of any other person, corporation, association or copartnership within or without the state, conducts the business of making or offering to make contracts, agreements, trades or transactions respecting the purchase or sale or purchase and sale of any stocks, grain, provisions or other commodity or personal property, wherein both parties thereto, or such proprietor or keeper, contemplates or intends that such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions shall be or may be closed, adjusted or settled according to, or upon the basis of, the public market quotations of prices made on any board of trade or exchange upon which the commodities or securities referred to in such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions are dealt in, and without a bona fide transaction on such board of trade or exchange; or wherein both parties, or such keeper or proprietor, contemplate or intend that such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions shall be, or may be deemed, closed or terminated when the public market quotations of prices made on such board of trade or exchange for the articles or securities named in such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions reach a certain figure; also, any office, store or other place in which the keeper or proprietor thereof, either in his or its own behalf, or as an agent as aforesaid, makes or offers to make, whether such offer is accepted or not, contracts, trades or transactions with others for the purchase or sale of any such commodity, wherein the parties thereto do not contemplate the actual or bona fide receipt or delivery of such property, but contemplate a settlement thereof based upon differences in the price at which such property is claimed to be bought and sold.(1949 Rev., S. 8614.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-314 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-314 - Keeping bucket shop.

 No corporation, association, copartnership or person shall keep or cause to be kept any bucket shop; and any person or corporation, whether acting individually, or as a member of, or an officer, agent or employee of, any corporation, association or copartnership, who or which keeps or assists in the keeping of any bucket shop shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred and not more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in a community correctional center until such fine is paid, provided such imprisonment shall not continue for more than one year; and any person or persons who are found guilty of a second offense under this section and sections 53-315 and 53-316 shall, in addition to the penalty hereinbefore prescribed, be imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than one year, and any corporation convicted of such second offense shall be liable to forfeiture of its charter. The continuance of any such establishment after a first conviction shall be deemed a second offense.(1949 Rev., S. 8615; 1969, P.A. 297.)History: 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”.
CT Gen Stat § 53-315 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-315 - Keeping bucket shop; accessory.

 Any corporation, association, copartnership or person who communicates, receives, exhibits or displays, in any manner, any statements of quotations of the prices of any property mentioned in section 53-313, with a view to any transactions prohibited in section 53-314, shall be deemed an accessory, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined and punished the same as the principal, and as provided in section 53-314.(1949 Rev., S. 8616.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-316 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-316 - Information to be furnished to customers.

 Each commission merchant, copartnership, association, corporation, person or broker engaged in the business of buying or selling or buying and selling stocks, grain, provisions or other commodities or personal property for any person, principal, customer or purchaser shall furnish, upon demand, to any customer or principal for whom such commission merchant, broker, copartnership, corporation, association or person has executed any order for the actual purchase or sale of the commodities hereinbefore mentioned, either for immediate or future delivery, a written statement containing the names of the parties from whom such property was bought or to whom it was sold, as the case may be, the time when, the place where and the price at which the same was either bought or sold; and the refusal of any such commission merchant, broker, copartnership, corporation or association to promptly furnish such statement, upon reasonable demand, shall be prima facie evidence that such property was sold or bought in violation of the provisions of section 53-314.(1949 Rev., S. 8617.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-317 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-317 - Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food.

 Section 53-317 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.(1949 Rev., S. 8618; P.A. 16-117, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-318 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-318 - Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals.

 Section 53-318 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 8619; P.A. 80-159.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-319 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-319 - Sale or shipment of diseased flesh.

 (a) Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids and lambs are unfit for human consumption and shall be condemned if (1) the meat has the appearance of being water-soaked, is loose, flabby, tears easily and can be perforated with the fingers; or (2) its color is grayish red; or (3) good muscular development as a whole is lacking, which condition is especially noticeable on the upper shank of the leg, where small amounts of serous infiltrates or small edematous patches are sometimes present between the muscles; or (4) the tissue which later develops as the fat capsule of the kidneys is edematous, dirty yellow or grayish red, tough and intermixed with islands of fat.(b) The possession of any such flesh dressed in a manner suitable for sale or use shall be deemed prima facie evidence of an intent to sell and a violation of the provisions of this section. All unborn and stillborn animals shall be condemned, and no hide or skin thereof shall be removed from the carcass within a room in which edible products are handled. Any person, firm or corporation which violates or causes to be violated any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months.(1949 Rev., S. 8620.)Meaning of “wilfully” under former statute. 76 C. 94.
CT Gen Stat § 53-320 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-320 - Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons.

 No person shall spread, distribute, sow, have in his possession or deliver to another, with malicious intent, any seeds of foul or noxious plants, or spread or distribute poisons upon the land or trees of another except for the purpose of spraying such trees. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.(1949 Rev., S. 8621; P.A. 13-258, S. 115.)History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
CT Gen Stat § 53-321 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-321 - Sale of thistle seed in grass seed.

 Any person who vends any grass seed, in which he knows there is any seed of the Canada thistle, shall be fined not more than ten dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 8622.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-322 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-322 - Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel.

 Any person who sells clams usually known as quahogs, cherry stones or little necks by the barrel or bushel, unless such barrel contains not less than two hundred forty pounds or such bushel contains not less than eighty pounds net delivered, shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 8629; 1957, P.A. 342.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-324 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-324 - Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.

 Any article represented to be of gold, which is made for sale or offered for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell, by any dealer, shall bear upon it, plainly stamped, the figures indicating the exact number of twenty-fourth parts of pure gold or proportion of gold that such article contains. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.(1949 Rev., S. 8623.)