No corporation, association, copartnership or person shall keep or cause to be kept any bucket shop; and any person or corporation, whether acting individually, or as a member of, or an officer, agent or employee of, any corporation, association or copartnership, who or which keeps or assists in the keeping of any bucket shop shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred and not more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in a community correctional center until such fine is paid, provided such imprisonment shall not continue for more than one year; and any person or persons who are found guilty of a second offense under this section and sections 53-315 and 53-316 shall, in addition to the penalty hereinbefore prescribed, be imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than one year, and any corporation convicted of such second offense shall be liable to forfeiture of its charter. The continuance of any such establishment after a first conviction shall be deemed a second offense.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 53-314

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.