Connecticut § 20-265 - Penalty.
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§ 20-265. Penalty.
Sec. 20-265. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-252 to 20-263, inclusive, for the violation of which no other penalty is provided, shall, for a first offense, be fined not more than one hundred dollars and, for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4597; P.A. 81-472, S. 135, 159; P.A. 12-80, S. 124.)
History: P.A. 81-472 substituted reference to Sec. 20-263 for reference to Sec. 20-264, repealed by P.A. 80-484; (Revisor's note: In 1993 obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 20-251 was replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 20-252); P.A. 12-80 rephrased provisions and changed penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.
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