Legislation
SECTION 10
Prosecutions for conducting business on Sunday by certain persons
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 2
§ 10. Prosecutions for conducting business on Sunday by certain
persons.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be a sufficient
defense to a prosecution pursuant to this article, for conducting any
trade or business or public selling or offering for sale of any property
on Sunday, that the defendant
(1) as the proprietor of such business, uniformly keeps another day of
the week as holy time and keeps his place of business closed on the
seventh day of the week,
(2) does not himself labor, employ others to labor in, by or with
another conduct a trade or publicly sell or offer for sale any property
on the day he keeps as holy time,
(3) conducts such labor, trade or business in its normal course on
Sunday by himself and members of his immediate family, and
(4) so conducts such trade, public selling or offer to sell any
property on Sunday in such manner as not to disturb the religious
observances of the community.
The term "day of the week" as used in this section shall mean and
include the period of time of not less than twenty-four consecutive
hours commencing at or before sundown on one day and terminating at or
after sundown on the following day.
persons.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be a sufficient
defense to a prosecution pursuant to this article, for conducting any
trade or business or public selling or offering for sale of any property
on Sunday, that the defendant
(1) as the proprietor of such business, uniformly keeps another day of
the week as holy time and keeps his place of business closed on the
seventh day of the week,
(2) does not himself labor, employ others to labor in, by or with
another conduct a trade or publicly sell or offer for sale any property
on the day he keeps as holy time,
(3) conducts such labor, trade or business in its normal course on
Sunday by himself and members of his immediate family, and
(4) so conducts such trade, public selling or offer to sell any
property on Sunday in such manner as not to disturb the religious
observances of the community.
The term "day of the week" as used in this section shall mean and
include the period of time of not less than twenty-four consecutive
hours commencing at or before sundown on one day and terminating at or
after sundown on the following day.