§ 12-27-4 - Restraining order.
SECTION 12-27-4
§ 12-27-4 Restraining order. – When an order of notice is issued pursuant to § 12-27-3, the court mayissue a temporary restraining order against the sale, exhibition, or commercialdistribution of the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine,pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, orother material alleged to be obscene; and in that event, the matter shall beheard on the question of whether or not the book, print, picture, film, motionpicture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material,photograph, figment, or other material is obscene one day after the joinder ofissue, and the court shall render a decision within forty-eight (48) hours ofthe conclusion of the hearing. If, in the event that a restraining order isissued, no hearing on the question of obscenity is commenced within one dayafter the joinder of issue through no fault of the respondent, or withinforty-eight (48) hours of the conclusion of the hearing no decision is renderedby the court, the restraining order shall expire and it shall not be renewed.In determining the time periods set forth in this section, Saturdays, Sundays,and court holidays shall not be counted, and the court shall not be required tohear matters on those days.