Sec. 53a-128f. Unlawful completion or reproduction of credit card.
Sec. 53a-128f. Unlawful completion or reproduction of credit card. Any person, other than the cardholder, having under his possession, custody or control two or
more incomplete credit cards, or possessing a purported distinctive element of a credit
card, with intent to complete such incomplete credit cards or to utilize such purported
distinctive element in the production or reproduction of any credit card, without the
consent of the issuer, or a person having under his possession, custody or control, with
knowledge of its character, a distinctive element of any credit card or any machinery,
plates or any contrivance designed to produce or reproduce instruments purporting to
be the credit cards of an issuer, or of any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common
distinctive element or elements in credit cards issued by all members of such group,
who has not consented to the production or reproduction of such cards, violates this
section and is subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 53a-128i. A
credit card is "incomplete" if part of the matter other than the signature of the cardholder,
which an issuer, or any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element
or elements in credit cards issued by all members of such group, requires to appear on
the credit card, before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been stamped, embossed,
imprinted or written on it. A "distinctive element" of a credit card is any material or
component used in the fabrication of credit cards, which, by virtue of such element's
chemical or physical composition, color or design, is unique to the credit cards issued
by a particular issuer or group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element or
elements in credit cards issued by all members of such group.
(1971, P.A. 871, S. 34; P.A. 92-260, S. 56.)
History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change.