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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 12
Civil actions; treble damages; attorneys fees; injunction; stay
Status: in_force

Section 12. Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of the provisions of this chapter may sue therefor and recover the actual damages sustained, together with the costs of suit, including reasonable attorney fees. If the court finds that the violation was engaged in with malicious intent to injure said person, the court may award up to three times the amount of actual damages sustained, together with the costs of suit, including reasonable attorneys fees. Any person may sue for injunctive relief to prevent threatened damage to his business or property under the same conditions and principles as injunctive relief is granted by courts of equity. Commencement of an action by the attorney general under section nine, whereunder the attorney general acts as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in the commonwealth, shall serve to stay any civil action under this section or under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A on behalf of said natural persons against the same defendant which is based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in the action commenced by the attorney general. The superior court shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this section. Such actions may be brought in any county where a defendant resides or has his principal place of business or in which the violation occurred in whole or in part, or, with the consent of a defendant, in the superior court for Suffolk county.

Section 12. Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of the provisions of this chapter may sue therefor and recover the actual damages sustained, together with the costs of suit, including reasonable attorney fees. If the court finds that the violation was engaged in with malicious intent to injure said person, the court may award up to three times the amount of actual damages sustained, together with the costs of suit, including reasonable attorneys fees.

Any person may sue for injunctive relief to prevent threatened damage to his business or property under the same conditions and principles as injunctive relief is granted by courts of equity.

Commencement of an action by the attorney general under section nine, whereunder the attorney general acts as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in the commonwealth, shall serve to stay any civil action under this section or under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A on behalf of said natural persons against the same defendant which is based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in the action commenced by the attorney general.

The superior court shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this section. Such actions may be brought in any county where a defendant resides or has his principal place of business or in which the violation occurred in whole or in part, or, with the consent of a defendant, in the superior court for Suffolk county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 67
Voting lists; preparation and correction
Status: in_force

Section 67. The registrars of voters of towns containing fire districts, or the prudential committee in districts composed of portions of two or more towns, shall, at least ten days before the annual fire district election, make correct alphabetical lists of all persons qualified to vote at such election; shall cause such lists to be posted in two or more public places in said district; and shall correct said lists in the same manner as they are required by law to correct voting lists for town elections.

Section 67. The registrars of voters of towns containing fire districts, or the prudential committee in districts composed of portions of two or more towns, shall, at least ten days before the annual fire district election, make correct alphabetical lists of all persons qualified to vote at such election; shall cause such lists to be posted in two or more public places in said district; and shall correct said lists in the same manner as they are required by law to correct voting lists for town elections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 24
Trials at designated place
Status: in_force

Section 24. If the shire town where a case shall be tried has been designated under section eighty-two of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, no costs shall be allowed for sittings held in any other town unless the action is actually tried in such other town by agreement of the parties.

Section 24. If the shire town where a case shall be tried has been designated under section eighty-two of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, no costs shall be allowed for sittings held in any other town unless the action is actually tried in such other town by agreement of the parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 6
Power to define diseases deemed dangerous to public health; control and prevention
Status: in_force

Section 6. The department shall have the power to define, and shall from time to time define, what diseases shall be deemed to be dangerous to the public health, and shall make such rules and regulations consistent with law for the control and prevention of such diseases as it deems advisable for the protection of the public health. The department shall also have the power to define, and shall from time to time so define, what diseases shall be included within the term venereal diseases in the provisions of the laws relative to public health.

Section 6. The department shall have the power to define, and shall from time to time define, what diseases shall be deemed to be dangerous to the public health, and shall make such rules and regulations consistent with law for the control and prevention of such diseases as it deems advisable for the protection of the public health. The department shall also have the power to define, and shall from time to time so define, what diseases shall be included within the term venereal diseases in the provisions of the laws relative to public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 178M — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 178M
Judicial review of final classification
Status: in_force

Section 178M. An offender may seek judicial review, in accordance with section 14 of chapter 30A, of the board's final classification, reclassification and registration requirements. The court shall, if requested, appoint counsel to represent the sex offender in the proceedings if such sex offender is deemed indigent in accordance with section 2 of chapter 211D. An attorney employed or retained by the board may make an appearance, subject to section 3 of chapter 12, to defend the board's decision. The court shall reach its final decision within 60 days of such sex offender's petition for review. The court shall keep proceedings conducted pursuant to this paragraph and records from such proceedings confidential and such proceedings and records shall be impounded, but the filing of an action under this section shall not stay the effect of the board's final classification.

Section 178M. An offender may seek judicial review, in accordance with section 14 of chapter 30A, of the board's final classification, reclassification and registration requirements. The court shall, if requested, appoint counsel to represent the sex offender in the proceedings if such sex offender is deemed indigent in accordance with section 2 of chapter 211D. An attorney employed or retained by the board may make an appearance, subject to section 3 of chapter 12, to defend the board's decision. The court shall reach its final decision within 60 days of such sex offender's petition for review. The court shall keep proceedings conducted pursuant to this paragraph and records from such proceedings confidential and such proceedings and records shall be impounded, but the filing of an action under this section shall not stay the effect of the board's final classification.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 19
Stock purchase plans, restricted stock purchase plans and stock grant plans for employees, officers and directors
Status: in_force

Section 19. Such corporation may establish stock purchase plans, restricted stock purchase plans and stock grant plans for employees, officers and directors thereof, whether such director is an employee or non-employee of the corporation. Any such plan shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the board of directors of the bank, by the holders of a majority of the stock thereof entitled to vote with respect thereto and by the commissioner. In the absence of fraud, the sufficiency of consideration as so approved shall be conclusively presumed. Notwithstanding paragraph (C) of section 14, stock may be issued for intangible property or services if permitted by the plan approved as provided in this section, without the approval of the specific form of such non-cash consideration by the commissioner.

Section 19. Such corporation may establish stock purchase plans, restricted stock purchase plans and stock grant plans for employees, officers and directors thereof, whether such director is an employee or non-employee of the corporation. Any such plan shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the board of directors of the bank, by the holders of a majority of the stock thereof entitled to vote with respect thereto and by the commissioner. In the absence of fraud, the sufficiency of consideration as so approved shall be conclusively presumed. Notwithstanding paragraph (C) of section 14, stock may be issued for intangible property or services if permitted by the plan approved as provided in this section, without the approval of the specific form of such non-cash consideration by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64E, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64E / Section 10
Purchaser required to bear tax burden; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 10. Except as otherwise provided in section five, the tax in every instance shall be borne by the purchaser, and no person offering special fuels for sale shall sell, advertise or offer for sale said special fuels separately from the tax imposed by this chapter. For any violation of this section, the license to keep and sell crude petroleum or any of its products, issued by the licensing authority under chapter one hundred and forty-eight, shall be suspended by the said authority on request of the commissioner for such time as said commissioner deems proper.

Section 10. Except as otherwise provided in section five, the tax in every instance shall be borne by the purchaser, and no person offering special fuels for sale shall sell, advertise or offer for sale said special fuels separately from the tax imposed by this chapter. For any violation of this section, the license to keep and sell crude petroleum or any of its products, issued by the licensing authority under chapter one hundred and forty-eight, shall be suspended by the said authority on request of the commissioner for such time as said commissioner deems proper.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, sec. 14A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 220 / Section 14A
Time within which certain decisions to be rendered
Status: reserved

Section 14A. An associate justice of the superior court, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him without a jury, shall render his decision within four months from the date when the hearing was closed, or within such further time as the chief justice of said court may grant, upon a request in writing by such justice within said period, containing a full report of his reasons for not having rendered his decision and for requesting an extension of time for rendering his decision. A justice or special justice of a district court, other than the municipal court of the city of Boston, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him, shall render his decision within a like period, or within such further time as the presiding justice of the appellate division of the court in which the case was heard may grant, upon a like request in writing, made by such justice or special justice within said period. An associate or special justice of the municipal court of the city of Boston, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him, shall render such decision within a like period, or within such further time as the chief justice of said court may grant, upon a like request in writing, made by such associate or special justice within said period.

Section 14A. An associate justice of the superior court, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him without a jury, shall render his decision within four months from the date when the hearing was closed, or within such further time as the chief justice of said court may grant, upon a request in writing by such justice within said period, containing a full report of his reasons for not having rendered his decision and for requesting an extension of time for rendering his decision. A justice or special justice of a district court, other than the municipal court of the city of Boston, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him, shall render his decision within a like period, or within such further time as the presiding justice of the appellate division of the court in which the case was heard may grant, upon a like request in writing, made by such justice or special justice within said period. An associate or special justice of the municipal court of the city of Boston, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him, shall render such decision within a like period, or within such further time as the chief justice of said court may grant, upon a like request in writing, made by such associate or special justice within said period.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 12
District attorneys; qualifications; election; term; appearances
Status: in_force

Section 12. There shall be a district attorney for each district set forth in the following section, who shall be a resident therein and a member of the bar of the commonwealth and shall be elected as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of chapter fifty-four. He shall serve for four years beginning with the first Wednesday of January after his election and until his successor is qualified. The district attorney shall appear for a county constituting such district in all civil actions in which such county is a party under the provisions of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight.

Section 12. There shall be a district attorney for each district set forth in the following section, who shall be a resident therein and a member of the bar of the commonwealth and shall be elected as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of chapter fifty-four. He shall serve for four years beginning with the first Wednesday of January after his election and until his successor is qualified.

The district attorney shall appear for a county constituting such district in all civil actions in which such county is a party under the provisions of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 31
Resistance or disobedience of writ; attachment
Status: in_force

Section 31. Whoever resists the service of the writ of habeas corpus, or disobeys it when served, shall be liable to attachment as for a contempt of the court or justice before whom the writ is returnable.

Section 31. Whoever resists the service of the writ of habeas corpus, or disobeys it when served, shall be liable to attachment as for a contempt of the court or justice before whom the writ is returnable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7A, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7A / Section 5A
Late penalty interest payments; adoption of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 5A. The comptroller shall adopt rules and regulations, providing for the payment by the commonwealth of penalty interest in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-nine B of chapter twenty-nine and the U.S. Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, 31 U.S.C. 650, et seq.

Section 5A. The comptroller shall adopt rules and regulations, providing for the payment by the commonwealth of penalty interest in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-nine B of chapter twenty-nine and the U.S. Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, 31 U.S.C. 650, et seq.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 46
Application to take deposition to perpetuate testimony
Status: in_force

Section 46. If a person desires to perpetuate his own testimony or the testimony of another person, he shall apply in writing to two justices of the peace or notaries public, or a justice of the peace and a notary public, one of whom shall be an attorney at law, requesting them to take his deposition or the deposition of the person whose testimony he desires to perpetuate, and stating briefly and substantially his title, claim or interest in or to the subject relative to which he desires the evidence perpetuated, the names of all other persons interested or supposed to be interested therein and the name of the witness proposed to be examined.

Section 46. If a person desires to perpetuate his own testimony or the testimony of another person, he shall apply in writing to two justices of the peace or notaries public, or a justice of the peace and a notary public, one of whom shall be an attorney at law, requesting them to take his deposition or the deposition of the person whose testimony he desires to perpetuate, and stating briefly and substantially his title, claim or interest in or to the subject relative to which he desires the evidence perpetuated, the names of all other persons interested or supposed to be interested therein and the name of the witness proposed to be examined.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112A, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112A / Section 17
Liability for acts performed during course of duties under chapter; good faith
Status: in_force

Section 17. The commonwealth, its officers and employees, and the board of registration in nursing and its agents who act in accordance with this chapter shall not be liable for any act or omission in good faith while engaged in the performance of their duties under this chapter. Good faith shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.

Section 17. The commonwealth, its officers and employees, and the board of registration in nursing and its agents who act in accordance with this chapter shall not be liable for any act or omission in good faith while engaged in the performance of their duties under this chapter. Good faith shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 35
Process; duty of officer to state place of service in return
Status: in_force

Section 35. When process is served by an officer by leaving copies of the summons, subpoena, or summons and complaint at the last and usual place of abode of any person, the officer serving the same shall state in his return the place as definitely as is practicable, giving, if possible, the street and number, where service was made.

Section 35. When process is served by an officer by leaving copies of the summons, subpoena, or summons and complaint at the last and usual place of abode of any person, the officer serving the same shall state in his return the place as definitely as is practicable, giving, if possible, the street and number, where service was made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 47
Interchange of traffic and cars between companies
Status: in_force

Section 47. The department may, on petition of a company or of any interested party, after notice and a public hearing, determine the reasonable conditions which shall govern the interchange of traffic and cars between companies, and may, wherever it is reasonable and consistent with the public interest, order such company to receive and convey over its tracks the cars of another such company at such times and over such routes and upon such terms, including reasonable compensation, as the department may prescribe; provided, that a company shall have control of and responsibility for the management and operation of all cars while upon its railway as fully as if it owned them. The department may also recommend such joint rates, fares and charges as are consistent with the provisions of any special charter of any company, specifying at the same time and in every instance the part of the joint rate, fare or charge to which each company affected thereby shall be entitled, and may make such other recommendations as seem appropriate to the circumstances of each particular case.

Section 47. The department may, on petition of a company or of any interested party, after notice and a public hearing, determine the reasonable conditions which shall govern the interchange of traffic and cars between companies, and may, wherever it is reasonable and consistent with the public interest, order such company to receive and convey over its tracks the cars of another such company at such times and over such routes and upon such terms, including reasonable compensation, as the department may prescribe; provided, that a company shall have control of and responsibility for the management and operation of all cars while upon its railway as fully as if it owned them. The department may also recommend such joint rates, fares and charges as are consistent with the provisions of any special charter of any company, specifying at the same time and in every instance the part of the joint rate, fare or charge to which each company affected thereby shall be entitled, and may make such other recommendations as seem appropriate to the circumstances of each particular case.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 241A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 241A
Derailments; removal of wreckage and debris
Status: in_force

Section 241A. Every railroad corporation shall within thirty days after a derailment on any right-of-way or location upon which it operates its railroad remove all wreckage and debris caused by such derailment. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.

Section 241A. Every railroad corporation shall within thirty days after a derailment on any right-of-way or location upon which it operates its railroad remove all wreckage and debris caused by such derailment. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.