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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 21a Consumer Protection
Chapter 420b Dependency-producing Drugs
Sec. 21a-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-465). Exceptions concerning possession and control.
Sec. 21a-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-465). Exceptions concerning possession and
control. The provisions of this part restricting the possession and control of controlled
substances shall not apply to common carriers or to warehousemen, while engaged in
lawfully transporting or storing such substances, or to any employee of the same acting
within the scope of his employment; or to public officers or employees in the performance of their official duties requiring possession or control of controlled substances; or
to temporary incidental possession by employees or agents of persons lawfully entitled
to possession or by persons whose possession is for the purpose of aiding public officers
in performing their official duties.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 21; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 12.)
History: 1972 act substituted "substances" for "drugs"; Sec. 19-465 transferred to Sec. 21a-258 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-465:
Cited. 7 CA 403.
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