Connecticut § 53-37 Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53-37 — Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race.

Connecticut § 53-37

Title 53Crimes

Ch. 939Offenses Against the Person

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-37 (2026).

Text

Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8376; P.A. 12-80, S. 100.) History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor. Legislature intended to limit scope of section to commercial speech, as evidenced by its use of “advertisement”, which involves the marketing or sale of products, goods or services and section does not apply to personal, noncommercial speech. 346 C. 422.