§ 12-27-6. Unanswered cases.
If no one appears and files an answer on or before the return date specified in the order of notice, the court, upon being satisfied that the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material is obscene, may order the clerk of court to enter a decree or order that the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material is obscene, but the court, in its discretion, may except from its decree 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 exhibited, sold, or distributed.
History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 257, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-31.1-6; P.L. 1981, ch. 300, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 12-27 - Adjudication of Obscene Publications
Section 12-27-1. - Authority of attorney general.
Section 12-27-2. - Contents of petition.
Section 12-27-3. - Court examination — Order of notice.
Section 12-27-4. - Restraining order.
Section 12-27-5. - Parties to hearing.
Section 12-27-6. - Unanswered cases.
Section 12-27-7. - Hearing in answered case.
Section 12-27-8. - Written decision of court.
Section 12-27-9. - Decree in answered case — Automatic vacation of restraining order.