Rhode Island § 12-27-9 - Adjudication of Obscene Publications

§ 12-27-9. Decree in answered case — Automatic vacation of restraining order.

(a) If the court finds the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material not obscene, the court shall order the clerk of the court to enter a decree or order accordingly. If it finds the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material obscene, the court shall order the clerk of the court to enter a decree or order to that effect, but the court, in its discretion, may except from its judgment a restricted category of persons to whom the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material may be sold, exhibited, or distributed.

(b) In the event that a restraining order has been entered pursuant to § 12-27-4, it shall be automatically vacated if no decree or order is entered within three (3) days after the conclusion of the hearing on the merits or if a decree or order that the material is not obscene is entered within that period.