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Secs. 41-1 to 41-46.
Sec. 41-47. Issue of bill for goods not received.
Sec. 41-48. Issue of bill containing false statement.
Sec. 41-49. Issue of duplicate bills not so marked.
Sec. 41-50. Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods.
Sec. 41-51. Negotiation of bill when goods are not in the carrier's possession.
Sec. 41-52. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods have not been received.
Sec. 41-53. Issue of nonnegotiable bill not so marked.
Secs. 41-1 to 41-46. Sections 41-1 to 41-46, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6567−6609; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
See title 42a, article 7 re warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title.
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES
Sec. 41-47. Issue of bill for goods not received. Any officer, agent or servant of
a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill, knowing that all
or any part of the goods for which such bill is issued have not been received by such
carrier, or by an agent of such carrier, or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the
carrier's control at the time of issuing such bill, shall, for each offense, be fined not
more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Sec. 41-48. Issue of bill containing false statement. Any officer, agent or servant
of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill for goods knowing
that it contains any false statement shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one
thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. Sec. 41-49. Issue of duplicate bills not so marked. Any officer, agent or servant
of a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional
negotiable bill for goods which constitutes an overissue and upon which the carrier may
be liable under section 42a-7-402, knowing that a former negotiable bill for the same
goods or any part thereof is outstanding and uncancelled, shall, for each offense, be
fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Sec. 41-50. Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods. Any person who ships goods
to which he has no title or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes, for
such goods, a negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates, for value, with intent to
deceive, and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage,
shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not
more than one year or both. Sec. 41-51. Negotiation of bill when goods are not in the carrier's possession.
Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill, knowing
that any or all of the goods which, by the terms of such bill, appear to have been received
for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill are not in the possession or control
of such carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing such fact, shall, for each
offense, be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five
years or both. Sec. 41-52. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods have not been received.
Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue, by a carrier, of a bill, knowing
that any or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have
not, at the time of such issue, been received by such carrier, or an agent of such carrier,
or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer,
agent or servant of such carrier falsely to believe that such goods have been received
by such carrier or are under its control, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than
five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6610.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 6611.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 6612; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act amended section to conform with the Uniform Commercial Code.
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(1949 Rev., S. 6613.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 6614.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 6615.)
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