Sec. 53a-200. Institution of action for adjudication of obscenity.
Sec. 53a-200. Institution of action for adjudication of obscenity. Whenever any
state's attorney or assistant state's attorney has reasonable cause to believe that any
person is knowingly promoting any material or performance that is obscene or obscene
as to minors, he shall institute an action for an adjudication of the obscenity of such
material or performance. Such action shall commence with the filing of an application
for an injunction with a judge of the superior court for the judicial district wherein is
located such material or performance. The complaint shall: (1) Be directed against the
promoting of the material or performance; (2) designate as defendants and list the names
and addresses, if known, of its promoters, or any person possessing it with intent to
promote it; (3) allege its obscene nature; (4) seek an adjudication that it is obscene or
obscene as to minors and an injunction against any promoting or possessing with intent
to promote; (5) seek its surrender, seizure, destruction or termination.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 202; P.A. 74-183, S. 124, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 514, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 92-260, S. 82.)
History: P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas and "circuit" with "county or judicial district",
reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to court of common pleas in reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced prosecuting attorneys with state's attorneys and assistant state's attorneys and court
of common pleas with superior court, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978;
P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes by replacing alphabetic with numeric
Subdiv. indicators.