Rhode Island General Laws 12-27-10. Sale while order or decree in effect
While a temporary restraining order made pursuant to § 12-27-4 is in effect, or after the entry of a decree or order pursuant to § 12-27-6, or after the entry of a decree or order pursuant to § 12-27-9(a), any person who sells, exhibits, commercially distributes, or commercially publishes or who has the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material with intent to sell, exhibit, or commercially distribute or commercially publish it, is presumed to have knowledge that it is obscene under chapter 31 of Title 11.
History of Section.
P.L. 1963, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 257, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-31.1-10; P.L. 1981, ch. 300, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 12-27-10
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.