§ 12-27-9 - Decree in answered case – Automatic vacation of restraining order. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-27-9

   § 12-27-9  Decree in answered case –Automatic vacation of restraining order. – (a) If the court finds the book, print, picture, film, motion picture film,magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph,figment, or other material not obscene, the court shall order the clerk of thecourt to enter a decree or order accordingly. If it finds the book, print,picture, film, motion picture film, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper,written material, photograph, figment, or other material obscene, the courtshall order the clerk of the court to enter a decree or order to that effect,but the court, in its discretion, may except from its judgment a restrictedcategory of persons to whom the book, print, picture, film, motion picturefilm, magazine, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, written material, photograph,figment, or other material may be sold, exhibited, or distributed.

   (b) In the event that a restraining order has been enteredpursuant to § 12-27-4, it shall be automatically vacated if no decree ororder is entered within three (3) days after the conclusion of the hearing onthe merits or if a decree or order that the material is not obscene is enteredwithin that period.