Sec. 21a-95. (Formerly Sec. 19-215). Penalties.
Sec. 21a-95. (Formerly Sec. 19-215). Penalties. (a) Any person who violates any
provision of section 21a-93 shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned not more than
six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars or both; but, if the violation is
committed after a conviction of such person under this subsection has become final,
such person shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one
thousand dollars or both.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person who
violates any provision of section 21a-93, with intent to defraud or mislead, shall be
imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars or both.
(c) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for
having violated subsection (a) or (c) of section 21a-93 if he establishes a guaranty or
undertaking signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in
this state from whom he received the article in good faith, to the effect that such article
is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter. In such guaranty
this chapter shall be designated by title.
(d) No publisher, radiobroadcast licensee, advertising agency or agency or medium
for the dissemination of advertising, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor or
seller of the article to which the advertisement relates, shall be subject to the penalties
of subsection (a) of this section by reason of his dissemination of any false advertisement,
unless he has refused, on the request of the commissioner, to furnish the name and
address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller or advertising agency in the
United States, who caused him to disseminate such false advertisement.
(1949 Rev., S. 3933.)
History: Sec. 19-215 transferred to Sec. 21a-95 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-215:
Cited. 179 C. 471.
Cited. 15 CS 11. Cited. 29 CS 333.