Connecticut General Statutes/Title 21a/Chapter 420b/Section 21a-282

CGS § 21a-282. (Formerly Sec. 19-482). No prosecution where federal action has been taken.

No person shall be prosecuted for a violation of any provision of sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, if such person has been acquitted or convicted under the federal Controlled Substances Act or under the federal food and drug laws for the same act or omission which, it is alleged, constitutes a violation of said sections.

Short History

(1967, P.A. 555, S. 39; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 28; P.A. 87-129, S. 9.)

Long History

History: 1972 act replaced reference to repealed Sec. 19-450 with reference to Sec. 19-451 and replaced “federal narcotic laws” with “Federal Controlled Substances Act”; Sec. 19-482 transferred to Sec. 21a-282 in 1983; P.A. 87-129 substituted reference to Sec. 21a-243 for Sec. 21a-242, repealed by the same act.

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