(a) In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a stamper has violated subsection (b) of § 4-28m or any regulation adopted under sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, the commissioner, after a hearing, may revoke or suspend the license of such stamper in the manner provided by § 12-295. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection (b) of § 4-28m shall constitute a separate violation. The commissioner may also assess such stamper a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of five hundred per cent of the retail value of the cigarettes, or five thousand dollars, upon a determination of violation of subsection (b) of § 4-28m.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4-28p

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

(b) Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale or possessed for sale in this state, in violation of subsection (b) of § 4-28m shall be deemed contraband goods under § 12-305 and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure as provided in § 12-305. All such cigarettes so seized shall be destroyed and not resold.

(c) The Attorney General, on behalf of the commissioner, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of subsection (b) of § 4-28m or subsections (a) or (d) of § 4-28o by a stamper and to compel the stamper to comply with said subsections. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to effect the purposes of this section.