Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy
Section 53-324. - Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.

Any article represented to be of gold, which is made for sale or offered for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell, by any dealer, shall bear upon it, plainly stamped, the figures indicating the exact number of twenty-fourth parts of pure gold or proportion of gold that such article contains. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

(1949 Rev., S. 8623.)

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 53 - Crimes

Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy

Section 53-255 to 53-258. - Misuse of the flag. Merchandise not to have representation of flag. Exceptions. Display of mutilated United States flag.

Section 53-258a. - Misuse or mutilation of the flag.

Section 53-259 to 53-263. - Display of foreign or international flags. Public officers to receive only their fixed salaries. Commission to public agents. Unlawful taking of fees and commissions. Furnishing of supplies by officer to state-aided instit...

Section 53-264. - Maintenance.

Section 53-265 to 53-278. - Impersonation of policeman. Corruption of agents and employees. Betrayal of employer's correspondence, books or accounts. Corrupt influences; court proceedings; evidence. Unlawful payment of naturalization fees. Fortune te...

Section 53-278a. - Gambling: Definitions.

Section 53-278b. - Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.

Section 53-278c. - Seizure of gambling devices. Penalties for possession, sale, etc., of gambling devices or records. Exceptions.

Section 53-278d. - Transmission of gambling information.

Section 53-278e. - Gambling premises as nuisance.

Section 53-278f. - Persistent offenders.

Section 53-278g. - Gambling: Excepted activities.

Section 53-280. - Billiard and pool rooms; permits.

Section 53-281 to 53-288. - Billiard and pool rooms; closing. Loitering by minors under eighteen. Keeping place where fowls or animals are fought. Penalty for attending fight of fowl or animals. Unlawful exhibition of sports or animals for gain. Unla...

Section 53-289. - Ticket scalping.

Section 53-289a. - Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets.

Section 53-289b. - Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.

Section 53-289c. - Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.

Section 53-289d. - Entertainment event ticketing sales systems. Prohibitions. Paperless ticketing systems. Denial of admission to entertainment events. Exclusions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

Section 53-289e. - Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

Section 53-290. - Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.

Section 53-290a. - Disclosures re promotional drawings.

Section 53-291 to 53-300. - Sale of property by lottery. Property disposed of by hazard. Lottery tickets not to be sold. Drawing a lottery. Pool selling. Sporting contest pools. Policy playing; gaming by use of lottery slips or tickets. Possession of...

Section 53-300a. - Sunday real estate contracts valid.

Section 53-301. - Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.

Section 53-302. - Employment of labor on Sunday.

Section 53-302a. - Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions. Sunday sales.

Section 53-303. - Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.

Section 53-303a. - Retail sales on certain holidays.

Section 53-303b. - Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.

Section 53-303c. - Penalties.

Section 53-303d. - Injunction.

Section 53-303e. - More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.

Section 53-303f. - Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited.

Section 53-304. - Nonsupport. Support orders and agreements. Administration of oaths by family relations counselors and support enforcement officers.

Section 53-305. - Bond on appeal.

Section 53-306. - Failure to comply with terms or make payment.

Section 53-307. - Jurisdiction.

Section 53-308. - Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.

Section 53-309 to 53-311. - Abandonment. Combination to increase price of necessities. Issuing currency; bills of credit.

Section 53-311a. - Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates.

Section 53-312. - False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property.

Section 53-313. - “Bucket shop”; definition.

Section 53-314. - Keeping bucket shop.

Section 53-315. - Keeping bucket shop; accessory.

Section 53-316. - Information to be furnished to customers.

Section 53-317. - Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food.

Section 53-318. - Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals.

Section 53-319. - Sale or shipment of diseased flesh.

Section 53-320. - Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons.

Section 53-321. - Sale of thistle seed in grass seed.

Section 53-322. - Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel.

Section 53-323. - Coercion in placing of insurance on real or personal property. Payment for inspection of damaged property. Time limit for inspection.

Section 53-324. - Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.

Section 53-325. - Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations.

Section 53-326. - Sterling silver defined. Penalty.

Section 53-327. - Coin silver defined. Penalty.

Section 53-328. - Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles.

Section 53-329. - Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund.

Section 53-330. - Admission to public performances.

Section 53-330a. - Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams.

Section 53-331. - Use of arsenic in embalming.

Section 53-332. - Burials; proximity to dwelling.

Section 53-333. - Depth of burial.

Section 53-333a. - Depth of burial.

Section 53-334. - Unlawful disinterment.

Section 53-335 to 53-340. - Malicious injury to property in cemeteries. Tramps. Wilful injury by tramps; carrying firearms. Officer may arrest without warrant. Exceptions. Vagrants and common drunkards.

Section 53-340a. - Solicitation of clients, patients or customers for persons or entities providing legal or health care services.

Section 53-341. - Use of words “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”. Exceptions. Penalties.

Section 53-341a. - Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee.

Section 53-341b. - Sale or delivery of body armor restricted.

Section 53-341c. - Unauthorized taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims.

Section 53-342 and 53-343. - Attendance of children at places of amusement. Unauthorized credit to minor student.

Section 53-343a. - Presence of persons under twenty-one years of age in class III gaming facilities prohibited. Wagering and misrepresentation of age by such persons prohibited.

Section 53-344. - Sale or delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under age twenty-one. Misrepresentation of age. Presentation of driver's license or identity card to establish age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense.

Section 53-344a. - Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age.

Section 53-344b. - Sale or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products to persons under twenty-one years of age. Misrepresentation of age by persons under twenty-one years of age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense.

Section 53-345. - Soliciting for philanthropic purposes.

Section 53-345a. - Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age.