Section 53a-27 - Violation: Definition, designation.

CT Gen Stat § 53a-27 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) An offense, for which the only sentence authorized is a fine, is a violation unless expressly designated an infraction.

(b) Every violation defined in this chapter is expressly designated as such. Any offense defined in any other section which is not expressly designated a violation or infraction shall be deemed a violation if, notwithstanding any other express designation, it is within the definition set forth in subsection (a).

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 27; P.A. 75-577, S. 4, 126.)

History: P.A. 75-577 excluded offenses expressly designated as infractions from consideration as violation.

See chapter 881b re infractions.

Cited. 9 CA 686; 27 CA 225; 40 CA 762; 41 CA 454.

Cited. 36 CS 527; Id., 551.