Massachusetts Statutes

Section 13A. Whoever intentionally and knowingly makes or causes to be made a false report of a crime to police officers shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more th…

Section 14. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Hijack'', to commandeer or to take control without authority. ''School'', any public or private preschool, headstart facility, elementary, vocational or secondary school, c…

Section 14A. Whoever telephones another person or contacts another person by electronic communication, or causes a person to be telephoned or contacted by electronic communication, repeatedly, for the sole purpose of harassing, annoying or molesting the person or the person's fam…

Section 14B. As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Emergency response services provider'', a police department, fire department, emergency medical service provider, PSAP, public safety department, private safety department or other pub…

Section 15. Whoever sells or offers for sale a stink bomb shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars. As used in this section the words ''stink bomb'' shall mean a small bomb that gives off a foul odor on bursting or any compound or device …

Section 16. Whoever sells or offers for sale devices known as broadheads, razorheads, or any other arrowhead used exclusively for hunting purposes to any person under fifteen years of age shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars upon conviction of the first offense, fiv…

Section 17. Whoever is a principal organizer or participant in the crime of hazing, as defined herein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. T…

Section 18. Whoever knows that another person is the victim of hazing as defined in section seventeen and is at the scene of such crime shall, to the extent that such person can do so without danger or peril to himself or others, report such crime to an appropriate law enforcemen…

Section 19. Each institution of secondary education and each public and private institution of post secondary education shall issue to every student group, student team or student organization which is part of such institution or is recognized by the institution or permitted by t…

Section 2. Whoever, being present and being so commanded to assist in arresting such rioters or persons so unlawfully assembled, or in suppressing such riot or unlawful assembly, refuses or neglects to obey such command, or, if required by such magistrate or officer to depart fro…

Section 3. A mayor, alderman, selectman, justice of the peace, sheriff or deputy sheriff who, having notice of any such riotous or tumultuous and unlawful assembly in the city or town where he lives, neglects or refuses immediately to proceed to the place of such assembly, or as …

Section 4. If any persons who are so riotously or unlawfully assembled, and who have been commanded to disperse, as before provided, refuse or neglect to disperse without unnecessary delay, any two of the magistrates or officers before mentioned may require the aid of a sufficien…

Section 5. When an armed force, called out under chapter thirty-three to suppress a tumult or riot, or to disperse a body of men acting together by force and with intent to commit a felony, or to offer violence to persons or property, or with intent by force or violence to resist…

Section 6. If, by reason of the efforts made by any two or more of said magistrates or officers or by their direction to disperse such assembly, or to seize and secure the persons composing the same who have refused to disperse, though the number remaining may be less than five, …

Section 7. If any of the persons so unlawfully assembled demolishes, pulls down or destroys, or begins to demolish, pull down or destroy, a dwelling house or other building, or a ship or vessel, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years…

Section 8. If property of the value of fifty dollars or more is destroyed or if property is damaged to that amount or to a value in excess thereof by fifteen or more persons who are riotously or tumultuously assembled and provided that the activities of such riotous or tumultuous…

Section 1. Whoever, for the purpose of sale, adulterates any liquor used or intended for drink with Indian cockle, vitriol, opium, alum, cochineal, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, Brazil wood, sugar of lead or any other substance poisonous or injurious to health, and w…

Section 10. Whoever, himself, or by his agent or servant, or as the agent or servant of another, manufactures, sells or exchanges, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell or exchange, or exposes or offers for sale or exchange, any toys or confectionery, containing…

Section 11. Whoever offers or exposes for sale or exchange any paper, fabric or other article shall furnish a sample thereof sufficient to ascertain by analysis the existence of arsenic therein, if such sample can be obtained without damage to the remaining portion, to any inspec…

Section 12. Whoever, himself, or by his agent or servant, manufactures, sells or exchanges, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell or exchange, any woven fabric or paper containing arsenic in any form, or any article of dress or household use composed wholly or i…

Section 13. A corporation engaged in selling or distributing water, which refuses or neglects to furnish or supply water to or for any building or premises for the reason that a water bill remains unpaid by a previous owner or occupant of said building or premises shall, unless t…

Section 14. Whoever expectorates or spits upon any public sidewalk, or upon any place used exclusively or principally by pedestrians, or, except in receptacles provided for the purpose, in or upon any part of any city or town hall, any court house or court room, any public librar…

Section 15. Any person detected in the act of violating the preceding section may, if his name is unknown to the officer, be arrested without a warrant by any officer authorized to serve criminal process in the place where the offence is committed and kept in custody until he can…

Section 16. Whoever places, throws, deposits or discharges or whoever causes to be placed, thrown, deposited or discharged, trash, bottles or cans, refuse, rubbish, garbage, debris, scrap, waste or other material of any kind on a public highway or within 20 yards of a public high…

Section 16A. If any officer empowered to enforce section sixteen takes cognizance of a violation thereof, he may request the offender to state his name and address. Whoever, upon such request, refuses to state his name and address, may be arrested without a warrant, or if he stat…

Section 17. Whoever disposes of household or commercial garbage or refuse by placing it in a trash barrel placed on a public highway by the commonwealth, or by any political subdivision thereof for the convenience of the traveling public shall be punished by a fine of not less th…

Section 18. No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors, for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction, or dulled senses or nervous system, nor po…

Section 19. Any person who sells glue or cement to a minor shall require such minor to properly identify himself and write his name and address legibly in a permanently bound register. The seller shall keep such register available for police inspection for a period of six months …

Section 1A. No person shall distribute, sell or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless said eyeglasses or sunglasses are fitted with plastic lenses, laminated lenses, heat-treated glass lenses or lenses made impact-resistant by other methods. The provisions of this paragraph…

Section 20. No person shall burn refuse, rubbish or demolition debris within the marine boundaries of the commonwealth, or within twelve miles from the shoreline of the commonwealth, whichever is the shorter distance. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punish…

Section 22. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: "Business agent'', an individual who has been designated by the owner or operator of any establishment to be the manager or otherwise in charge o…

Section 23. (a) As used in this section, ''flea market'' shall mean that portion of a building then occupied by one or more vendors, other than retail stores, for sale to the public of new or used goods or products on a seasonal, limited or full schedule of operation. No person s…

Section 24. No person shall sell or supply, including online, retail mercury fever thermometers, except in the case of a medical necessity as determined by a licensed physician or by prescription. Manufacturers of mercury fever thermometers sold or supplied in the commonwealth in…

Section 25. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Ice cream'', any frozen dairy or frozen water-based food product. ''Ice cream truck'', any motor vehicle used for selling, displaying or offering to sell ice cream. ''Ice c…

Section 26. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Customer'', an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment. ''Eligible medical condition'', Crohn's …

Section 27. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- ''Child-resistant packaging'', packaging intended to reduce the risk of a child ingesting nicotine and that meets the minimum standards…

Section 28. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Characterizing flavor'', a distinguishable taste or aroma, other than the taste or aroma of tobacco, imparted or detectable before or du…

Section 29. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Electronic nicotine delivery system'', an electronic device, whether for 1-time use or reusable, that can be used to deliver ni…

Section 3. Whoever distributes, delivers or gives away in any public way or from house to house or place to place, any bottle, box, envelope or package containing any liquid, medicine, pill, powder, tablet or other article composed of any drug, poison or other ingredient or subst…

Section 3A. Whoever negligently or maliciously places any poison or poisoned food for the control of rats, mice or other rodents in any place where it may cause injury to any human being or domestic animal shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars. The officers charged w…

Section 4. Whoever, himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another, sells or exchanges, or has in his possession with intent to sell or exchange, or knowingly delivers or has in his possession with intent to deliver, any article of food or drink, or an…

Section 5. Whoever, except under the direction of a physician, gives, sells or delivers alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or a narcotic drug to a patient in any hospital who is suffering from inebriety or from the effect of in…

Section 6. (a) As used in this section and sections 6A and 7, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Manufacturer'', a person that manufactures or produces a tobacco product. ''Person'', an individual, firm, fiduciar…

Section 6A. A person who sells tobacco rolling papers to a person under the age of 21 shall be punished by a fine of $25 for the first offense, $50 for the second offense and $100 for a third or subsequent offense.

Section 7. (a) A copy of sections 6 and 6A shall be posted conspicuously in a retail establishment. (b) The department of public health shall develop signage that shall disclose referral information for smoking cessation resources. Retailers shall conspicuously post such signage …

Section 8. Whoever sells to a person any candy enclosing or containing liquid or syrup having more than one per cent of alcohol shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.