(a) The public interest requires that any action prescribed in this subchapter, other than a criminal action under § 5-68-405, be heard and disposed of with the maximum promptness and dispatch commensurate with constitutional requirements, including due process, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech.
(b) The rules of civil procedure pertaining to equity cases are applicable to the trial of an action prescribed in this subchapter, other than a criminal action under § 5-68-405.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Law on Obscenity
§ 5-68-402. Purpose and intent
§ 5-68-404. Mailable matter subject to provisions of subchapter
§ 5-68-405. Possession, sale, or distribution
§ 5-68-406. Action to determine obscenity
§ 5-68-408. Order to show cause
§ 5-68-409. Answer — Trial date
§ 5-68-411. Judgment — Enforcement
§ 5-68-415. Possession of things enumerated in § 5-68-405 creates a presumption