Sec. 40-53. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked.
Sec. 40-53. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked. A warehouseman, or any
officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate
or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for
the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly
placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate", except in the case of a lost, stolen
or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (a) of section 42a-7-601, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than five years or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6537; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 1; P.A. 04-64, S. 73.)
History: 1959 act added the words "stolen" and "subsection (1) of section 42a-7-601"; P.A. 04-64 made a technical
change.