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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 90
Endorsement or approval; penalty for false claim
Status: in_force

Section 90. Whoever, in a book, pamphlet, circular, advertisement or advertising sign, or otherwise in writing, makes any false and fraudulent statement or assertion of endorsement, authority, approval or sanction of an incorporated college, university or professional school in this commonwealth or elsewhere, or of officers or instructors thereof, as a commendation or advertisement of a person or of his services, or of goods, wares, commodities, processes or treatment, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 90. Whoever, in a book, pamphlet, circular, advertisement or advertising sign, or otherwise in writing, makes any false and fraudulent statement or assertion of endorsement, authority, approval or sanction of an incorporated college, university or professional school in this commonwealth or elsewhere, or of officers or instructors thereof, as a commendation or advertisement of a person or of his services, or of goods, wares, commodities, processes or treatment, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21J, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21J / Section 7
Maintenance of records
Status: in_force

Section 7. The cargo manifests or invoices or copies of the cargo manifests or invoices and any other records required under this chapter or regulations of the department shall be maintained for a period of four years after the date on which the document or other record is prepared and be open for inspection by said department at all reasonable times.

Section 7. The cargo manifests or invoices or copies of the cargo manifests or invoices and any other records required under this chapter or regulations of the department shall be maintained for a period of four years after the date on which the document or other record is prepared and be open for inspection by said department at all reasonable times.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 17
Executions; time for issuing; successive executions; entry of satisfactions
Status: in_force

Section 17. An original execution shall not issue after the expiration of one year after the party is first entitled to take it out; and an alias or other successive execution shall not issue after the expiration of five years from the return day of that which preceded it. Subject to section twenty of chapter two hundred and sixty, alias or successive executions shall be of full force and effect for five years from the date thereof unless satisfied in whole or discharged by law. All executions shall be returned to the court issuing them within ten days after their satisfaction or discharge. If any execution is returned for any reason to the court issuing the same unsatisfied in whole or in part, the court may, subject to the provisions of this section, order the issue of a new execution for the amount then remaining due. If an execution having been satisfied in full or discharged by law is not returned within ten days thereafter with an endorsement showing such satisfaction or discharge or is returned without such endorsement the court issuing it may upon motion of the judgment debtor or any person in his behalf order it to be returned or the proper endorsement made thereon, as the case may be. The court may order the return of an execution and the endorsement of any partial satisfaction thereon. The fact of a return of an execution and its satisfaction shall be entered upon the records of the court.

Section 17. An original execution shall not issue after the expiration of one year after the party is first entitled to take it out; and an alias or other successive execution shall not issue after the expiration of five years from the return day of that which preceded it. Subject to section twenty of chapter two hundred and sixty, alias or successive executions shall be of full force and effect for five years from the date thereof unless satisfied in whole or discharged by law. All executions shall be returned to the court issuing them within ten days after their satisfaction or discharge. If any execution is returned for any reason to the court issuing the same unsatisfied in whole or in part, the court may, subject to the provisions of this section, order the issue of a new execution for the amount then remaining due.

If an execution having been satisfied in full or discharged by law is not returned within ten days thereafter with an endorsement showing such satisfaction or discharge or is returned without such endorsement the court issuing it may upon motion of the judgment debtor or any person in his behalf order it to be returned or the proper endorsement made thereon, as the case may be. The court may order the return of an execution and the endorsement of any partial satisfaction thereon. The fact of a return of an execution and its satisfaction shall be entered upon the records of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 40A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 40A
Registration with commissioner; reports
Status: in_force

Section 40A. Each foreign bank, out-of-state bank and out-of-state federal bank which operates a Massachusetts branch shall register with the commissioner on forms prescribed by him which shall include such information with respect to the financial condition, operations, and management of such bank and related matters as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner, from time to time, may require reports under oath to keep him informed as to whether the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations established thereunder have been complied with.

Section 40A. Each foreign bank, out-of-state bank and out-of-state federal bank which operates a Massachusetts branch shall register with the commissioner on forms prescribed by him which shall include such information with respect to the financial condition, operations, and management of such bank and related matters as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

The commissioner, from time to time, may require reports under oath to keep him informed as to whether the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations established thereunder have been complied with.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 95
Loitering
Status: in_force

Section 95. Whoever without right enters, remains in or loiters within a station, waiting room, or terminal of a public transportation facility, or upon the platform, stairs, grounds or other premises of a public transportation facility, after having been forbidden so to do either by notice posted thereon, or by the person who has the lawful control of said premises, or by a railroad, railway or railway express officer or by any police officer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and may be arrested without a warrant by such officer and kept in custody in a convenient place, not more than twenty-four hours, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, at or before the expiration of which time he shall be taken before a proper court or magistrate and proceeded against according to law.

Section 95. Whoever without right enters, remains in or loiters within a station, waiting room, or terminal of a public transportation facility, or upon the platform, stairs, grounds or other premises of a public transportation facility, after having been forbidden so to do either by notice posted thereon, or by the person who has the lawful control of said premises, or by a railroad, railway or railway express officer or by any police officer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and may be arrested without a warrant by such officer and kept in custody in a convenient place, not more than twenty-four hours, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, at or before the expiration of which time he shall be taken before a proper court or magistrate and proceeded against according to law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 3B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 3B
Birth without immediate admittance to hospital for postnatal care; report
Status: in_force

Section 3B. Every physician, certified nurse-midwife or licensed certified professional midwife attending a birth after which the mother and child are not admitted to a hospital for postnatal care immediately after birth shall, within ten days after such birth, file with the clerk of the city or town wherein such birth occurred a report on forms prepared and furnished by the commissioner of public health, stating the facts required to be shown on the record of such birth.

Section 3B. Every physician, certified nurse-midwife or licensed certified professional midwife attending a birth after which the mother and child are not admitted to a hospital for postnatal care immediately after birth shall, within ten days after such birth, file with the clerk of the city or town wherein such birth occurred a report on forms prepared and furnished by the commissioner of public health, stating the facts required to be shown on the record of such birth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175I, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175I / Section 22
Information obtained by false pretenses; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 22. Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information about an individual from an insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization under false pretenses shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 22. Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information about an individual from an insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization under false pretenses shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 35
Open and public meetings; yea and nay vote
Status: in_force

Section 35. All meetings of the school committee shall be open to the press and to the public, except as otherwise authorized by section twenty-three A of chapter thirty-nine. The vote on any particular measure shall be by yeas and nays, when requested by two members.

Section 35. All meetings of the school committee shall be open to the press and to the public, except as otherwise authorized by section twenty-three A of chapter thirty-nine. The vote on any particular measure shall be by yeas and nays, when requested by two members.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 53
Prescription, adverse possession or right of way by necessity
Status: in_force

Section 53. No title to registered land, or easement or other right therein, in derogation of the title of the registered owner, shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession. Nor shall a right of way by necessity be implied under a conveyance of registered land.

Section 53. No title to registered land, or easement or other right therein, in derogation of the title of the registered owner, shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession. Nor shall a right of way by necessity be implied under a conveyance of registered land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 64
Failure of trustee to deliver property
Status: in_force

Section 64. If a trustee refuses or neglects to deliver any property in his hands when lawfully required by the officer serving the execution, he shall, after deducting the amount of any lien he has on such property, be liable to the plaintiff in a proceeding under section forty-five.

Section 64. If a trustee refuses or neglects to deliver any property in his hands when lawfully required by the officer serving the execution, he shall, after deducting the amount of any lien he has on such property, be liable to the plaintiff in a proceeding under section forty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 85 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 85
Void and unenforceable contracts for health club services
Status: in_force

Section 85. Any contract for health club services which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. Any waiver by the buyer of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed void and unenforceable by the seller as contrary to public policy.

Section 85. Any contract for health club services which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. Any waiver by the buyer of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed void and unenforceable by the seller as contrary to public policy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 404 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 404
Trust purposes
Status: in_force

Section 404. Trust purposes A trust may be created only to the extent its purposes are lawful and not contrary to public policy.

Section 404. Trust purposes

A trust may be created only to the extent its purposes are lawful and not contrary to public policy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 43
Actions on bonds; pro rating claims; other remedies
Status: in_force

Section 43. No action for injury to an employee of a person required to give a bond under section forty or forty-two shall be brought on such bond if such injury arises out of and in the course of the employment. If claims under any bond filed under either of said sections are established to an amount greater than the penal sum of the bond, such claims shall be paid pro rata to the amount of the penal sum and executions shall issue accordingly. Nothing in the three preceding sections shall deprive a person suffering loss, damage or injury of any other right or remedy provided by law.

Section 43. No action for injury to an employee of a person required to give a bond under section forty or forty-two shall be brought on such bond if such injury arises out of and in the course of the employment. If claims under any bond filed under either of said sections are established to an amount greater than the penal sum of the bond, such claims shall be paid pro rata to the amount of the penal sum and executions shall issue accordingly. Nothing in the three preceding sections shall deprive a person suffering loss, damage or injury of any other right or remedy provided by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 186 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 186
Misrepresentation or warranty by insured; effect
Status: in_force

Section 186. (a) No oral or written misrepresentation or warranty made in the negotiation of a policy of insurance by the insured or in his behalf shall be deemed material or defeat or avoid the policy or prevent its attaching unless such misrepresentation or warranty is made with actual intent to deceive, or unless the matter misrepresented or made a warranty increased the risk of loss. (b) No oral or written misrepresentation or warranty as to the physical condition or health risks to the physical condition of the insured made in the negotiation of any policy of life or endowment insurance or annuity contract by the insured or on his behalf shall defeat or avoid the policy or prevent its attaching unless such misrepresentation or warranty is material and is made with actual intent to deceive or increased the risk of loss. For the purposes of this paragraph, a misrepresentation or warranty shall be deemed material if knowledge or ignorance of it would otherwise have influenced the insurer in making the contract at all, or in estimating the degree and character of the risk, or in fixing the rate of the premium.

Section 186. (a) No oral or written misrepresentation or warranty made in the negotiation of a policy of insurance by the insured or in his behalf shall be deemed material or defeat or avoid the policy or prevent its attaching unless such misrepresentation or warranty is made with actual intent to deceive, or unless the matter misrepresented or made a warranty increased the risk of loss.

(b) No oral or written misrepresentation or warranty as to the physical condition or health risks to the physical condition of the insured made in the negotiation of any policy of life or endowment insurance or annuity contract by the insured or on his behalf shall defeat or avoid the policy or prevent its attaching unless such misrepresentation or warranty is material and is made with actual intent to deceive or increased the risk of loss. For the purposes of this paragraph, a misrepresentation or warranty shall be deemed material if knowledge or ignorance of it would otherwise have influenced the insurer in making the contract at all, or in estimating the degree and character of the risk, or in fixing the rate of the premium.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 77 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 77
Premiums on official bonds; payment
Status: in_force

Section 77. Premiums on bonds of court officers and deputy sheriffs in attendance on the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk county and on the courts in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Worcester counties shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 77. Premiums on bonds of court officers and deputy sheriffs in attendance on the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk county and on the courts in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Worcester counties shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 177H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 177H
Managing general agent; licensure and errors and omissions coverage required
Status: in_force

Section 177H. (A) No person, firm, association or corporation shall act in the capacity of a managing general agent with respect to risks located in the commonwealth for an insurer licensed in the commonwealth unless such person: (i) is a licensed producer in the commonwealth; and (ii) maintains errors and omissions coverage. (B) No person, firm, association or corporation shall act in the capacity of a managing general agent representing an insurer domiciled in the commonwealth with respect to risks located outside the commonwealth unless such person: (i) is a licensed producer in the commonwealth, whether resident or non-resident; and (ii) maintains errors and omissions coverage.

Section 177H. (A) No person, firm, association or corporation shall act in the capacity of a managing general agent with respect to risks located in the commonwealth for an insurer licensed in the commonwealth unless such person:

(i) is a licensed producer in the commonwealth; and (ii) maintains errors and omissions coverage.

(B) No person, firm, association or corporation shall act in the capacity of a managing general agent representing an insurer domiciled in the commonwealth with respect to risks located outside the commonwealth unless such person:

(i) is a licensed producer in the commonwealth, whether resident or non-resident; and (ii) maintains errors and omissions coverage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 10
Voting rights
Status: in_force

Section 10. Each proprietor may vote according to the number of his shares or the amount of his interest, if known; and if not known, the proprietors shall vote equally. Absent proprietors may vote by written proxy.

Section 10. Each proprietor may vote according to the number of his shares or the amount of his interest, if known; and if not known, the proprietors shall vote equally. Absent proprietors may vote by written proxy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 108F — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 108F
Fire fighters; schedule of minimum annual compensation
Status: in_force

Section 108F. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the minimum annual compensation of each fire fighter, permanently employed, in the fire department of any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, except a fire fighter who, by virtue of section sixty-one of chapter thirty-one is not regarded as a tenured employee, shall be not less than the following: For the first year of service five thousand five hundred dollars. For the second year of service six thousand dollars. For the third and each succeeding year of service six thousand three hundred dollars.

Section 108F. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the minimum annual compensation of each fire fighter, permanently employed, in the fire department of any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, except a fire fighter who, by virtue of section sixty-one of chapter thirty-one is not regarded as a tenured employee, shall be not less than the following:

For the first year of service five thousand five hundred dollars.

For the second year of service six thousand dollars.

For the third and each succeeding year of service six thousand three hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 22A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 22A
Rape of child; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 22A. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under 16, and compels such child to submit by force and against his will or compels such child to submit by threat of bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file.

Section 22A. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under 16, and compels such child to submit by force and against his will or compels such child to submit by threat of bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 16
Improper disposition of ballots and lists
Status: in_force

Section 16. A primary or election officer, or a director of the count or assistant appointed under section six of chapter fifty-four A, who wilfully violates any provision relating to the enclosing in envelopes or containers, sealing, endorsing and delivering or transmitting of ballots and voting lists, before or after the votes have been counted and recorded, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 16. A primary or election officer, or a director of the count or assistant appointed under section six of chapter fifty-four A, who wilfully violates any provision relating to the enclosing in envelopes or containers, sealing, endorsing and delivering or transmitting of ballots and voting lists, before or after the votes have been counted and recorded, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.