(a) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly leaves such child unsupervised in a place of public accommodation or a motor vehicle for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly leaves such child unsupervised in a place of public accommodation, which holds a permit issued under chapter 545 for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(c) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly leaves such child unsupervised in a place of public accommodation or a motor vehicle between the hours of eight o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m. for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety, shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(d) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly fails to report the disappearance of such child to an appropriate law enforcement agency shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. For the purposes of this subsection, “disappearance of such child” means that the parent, guardian or person does not know the location of the child and has not had contact with the child for a twenty-four-hour period.
(P.A. 97-298; P.A. 12-112, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 12-112 added Subsec. (d) re failure to report disappearance of a child.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person
Section 53-10a. - Persons sentenced to life imprisonment prior to October 1, 1963.
Section 53-20. - Cruelty to persons.
Section 53-21. - Injury or risk of injury to, or impairing morals of, children. Sale of children.
Section 53-22. - Psychiatric examinations.
Section 53-23. - Abandonment of child under the age of six years.
Section 53-34a. - Deprivation of rights of physically disabled and blind; class C misdemeanor.
Section 53-34b. - Deprivation of the right to breast-feed one's child.
Section 53-36c. - Counsel for commission.
Section 53-37. - Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race.
Section 53-37b. - Deprivation of a person's equal rights and privileges by force or threat.
Section 53-38. - Fictitious notice of birth, marriage or death.
Section 53-39. - Malicious prosecution.
Section 53-41. - Tattooing of persons restricted.
Section 53-41a. - Surveillance devices in dressing rooms prohibited.