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Offenses Against Public Policy

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Sections
53-255 to 53-258

Misuse of the flag. Merchandise not to have representation of flag. Exceptions. Display of mutilated United States flag.

Section
53-258a

Misuse or mutilation of the flag.

Sections
53-259 to 53-263

Display of foreign or international flags. Public officers to receive only their fixed salaries. Commission to public agents. Unlawful taking of fees and commissions. Furnishing of supplies by officer to state-aided institution.

Maintenance.

Sections
53-265 to 53-278

Impersonation of policeman. Corruption of agents and employees. Betrayal of employer's correspondence, books or accounts. Corrupt influences; court proceedings; evidence. Unlawful payment of naturalization fees. Fortune telling and other fraudulent practices. Betting on races and jai alai games. Gaming on public conveyances. Gaming house; keepers; frequenters. Owning faro bank. Witness not excused. Gaming in general. Keeping billiard table or slot machine for gambling purpose.

Section
53-278a

Gambling: Definitions.

Section
53-278b

Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.

Section
53-278c

Seizure of gambling devices. Penalties for possession, sale, etc., of gambling devices or records. Exceptions.

Section
53-278d

Transmission of gambling information.

Section
53-278e

Gambling premises as nuisance.

Section
53-278f

Persistent offenders.

Section
53-278g

Gambling: Excepted activities.

Transferred to Chapter 959, Sec. 54-33h.

Billiard and pool rooms; permits.

Sections
53-281 to 53-288

Billiard and pool rooms; closing. Loitering by minors under eighteen. Keeping place where fowls or animals are fought. Penalty for attending fight of fowl or animals. Unlawful exhibition of sports or animals for gain. Unlawful exhibitions near fair grounds. Endurance contests. Bribery in game, contest or sport. Acceptance of bribe by player.

Ticket scalping.

Section
53-289a

Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets.

Section
53-289b

Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.

Section
53-289c

Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.

Section
53-289d

Entertainment event ticketing sales systems. Prohibitions. Paperless ticketing systems. Denial of admission to entertainment events. Exclusions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

Section
53-289e

Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.

Section
53-290a

Disclosures re promotional drawings.

Sections
53-291 to 53-300

Sale of property by lottery. Property disposed of by hazard. Lottery tickets not to be sold. Drawing a lottery. Pool selling. Sporting contest pools. Policy playing; gaming by use of lottery slips or tickets. Possession of lottery tickets of other state or county. Gift enterprise forbidden. Work and recreation on Sunday.

Section
53-300a

Sunday real estate contracts valid.

Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.

Employment of labor on Sunday.

Section
53-302a

Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions. Sunday sales.

Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.

Section
53-303a

Retail sales on certain holidays.

Section
53-303b

Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.

Section
53-303c

Penalties.

Section
53-303d

Injunction.

Section
53-303e

More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.

Section
53-303f

Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited.

Section
53-303g

Transferred to Chapter 830, Sec. 47a-4b.

Nonsupport. Support orders and agreements. Administration of oaths by family relations counselors and support enforcement officers.

Bond on appeal.

Failure to comply with terms or make payment.

Jurisdiction.

Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.

Sections
53-309 to 53-311

Abandonment. Combination to increase price of necessities. Issuing currency; bills of credit.

Section
53-311a

Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates.

False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property.

“Bucket shop”; definition.

Keeping bucket shop.

Keeping bucket shop; accessory.

Information to be furnished to customers.

Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food.

Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals.

Sale or shipment of diseased flesh.

Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons.

Sale of thistle seed in grass seed.

Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel.

Coercion in placing of insurance on real or personal property. Payment for inspection of damaged property. Time limit for inspection.

Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.

Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations.

Sterling silver defined. Penalty.

Coin silver defined. Penalty.

Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles.

Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund.

Admission to public performances.

Section
53-330a

Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams.

Use of arsenic in embalming.

Burials; proximity to dwelling.

Depth of burial.

Section
53-333a

Depth of burial.

Unlawful disinterment.

Sections
53-335 to 53-340

Malicious injury to property in cemeteries. Tramps. Wilful injury by tramps; carrying firearms. Officer may arrest without warrant. Exceptions. Vagrants and common drunkards.

Section
53-340a

Solicitation of clients, patients or customers for persons or entities providing legal or health care services.

Use of words “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”. Exceptions. Penalties.

Section
53-341a

Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee.

Section
53-341b

Sale or delivery of body armor restricted.

Section
53-341c

Unauthorized taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims.

Sections
53-342 and 53-343

Attendance of children at places of amusement. Unauthorized credit to minor student.

Section
53-343a

Presence of persons under twenty-one years of age in class III gaming facilities prohibited. Wagering and misrepresentation of age by such persons prohibited.

Sale or delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under twenty-one. Misrepresentation of age to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products by persons under twenty-one. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense.

Section
53-344a

Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age.

Section
53-344b

Sale or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products to persons under twenty-one years of age. Misrepresentation of age by persons under twenty-one years of age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense.

Soliciting for philanthropic purposes.

Section
53-345a

Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age.