§ 12-27-1 - Authority of attorney general. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-27-1

   § 12-27-1  Authority of attorney general.– Whenever the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person isengaged in the sale, exhibition, or commercial distribution of any obscenebook, print, picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad,printed paper, written material, photograph, figment, or other material, theattorney general may institute a proceeding in the superior court in the countyin which the sale, exhibition, or commercial distribution of the book, print,picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper,written material, photograph, figment, or other material occurs for anadjudication of the obscenity of the book, print, picture, film, motion picturefilm, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph,figment, or other material.