No criminal or civil penalty in this chapter shall apply to acts done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper or periodical, or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of any advertisement, where such publisher, owner, agent or employee does not have actual knowledge of the false, misleading or deceptive character of the advertisement.
(P.A. 76-281, S. 11; P.A. 91-163, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 91-163 amended Sec. 21-35k to provide that no criminal or civil penalty in the chapter would apply to advertising media, rather than “nothing in section 21-35b or 21-35h”.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales
Section 21-35a. - Definitions.
Section 21-35d. - Municipal license.
Section 21-35e. - Listed items only to be sold.
Section 21-35f. - Additional goods not to be ordered within sixty days of license application.
Section 21-35g. - Continuation of business after sale prohibited.
Section 21-35h. - Violation an unfair trade practice. Penalty.
Section 21-35i. - Regulations.
Section 21-35j. - Exceptions to applicability of chapter.
Section 21-35k. - Criminal or civil penalty not applicable to advertising media; when.
Section 21-35l. - Suspension or revocation of license. Civil penalty.
Section 21-35n. - Civil penalty for failure to obtain license or registration.