Sec. 4-28p. Cigarette manufacturers: Violations by stampers. Penalties. Seizure of contraband. Injunctions.

(a) In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a stamper has violated subsection (b) of section 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 section 12-295. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection (b) of section 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 section 4-28m.

(b) Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale or possessed for sale in this state, in violation of subsection (b) of section 4-28m shall be deemed contraband goods under section 12-305 and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure as provided in section 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 section 4-28m or subsections (a) or (d) of section 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.

(P.A. 04-218, S. 6.)