Sec. 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347). Enforcement. Penalties.

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(b) Each person who violates or assists in violating, or fails to comply with, any of said provisions or any legal order of a board of health or such other authority made under any of said provisions, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.

(c) Each person who continues to violate or assist in violating, or who continues to fail or refuse to comply with, any of said provisions after having been convicted of violating or assisting in violating any of said provisions, or of failing to comply therewith, for which no other penalty is provided, shall, upon a subsequent conviction, be imprisoned not more than one year.

Annotations to former section 19-347:

Cited. 117 C. 351.

City health authority not exclusive administrator of housing code requirements. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 243.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 13 CA 1; 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360.

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Sec. 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347). Enforcement. Penalties. · Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-55 | Frix