Connecticut General Statutes/Title 29/Chapter 541/Section 29-348

CGS § 29-348. (Formerly Sec. 29-88). Illegal possession.

Any person, having in his possession any explosive for which he has not a bill of sale or who cannot produce legal evidence showing that he obtained such explosive by a legal transfer, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years or both for each offense.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 4136; 1971, P.A. 391, S. 2.)

Long History

History: 1971 act substituted “transfer” for “sale”; Sec. 29-88 transferred to Sec. 29-348 in 1983.

Citations

Annotation to former section 29-88:

Cited. 199 C. 591.

Annotation to present section:

Possession of an explosive in violation of section and manufacturing a bomb in violation of Sec. 53-80a are not the same offense. 152 CA 753; judgment reversed on alternate grounds, see 320 C. 589.

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