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MA Gen L ch 110 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 21 - Registration of Milk Cans; Description of Name; Fees; Publication

Section 21. A person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in milk or cream in cans, or who uses cans, tubs or cabinets in the sale, transportation or storage of frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix, with his name and the word ''registered'' produced in a permanent manner in or upon such cans, tubs or cabinets, may register such articles by filing in the office of the clerk of the city or town where his principal place of business is situated, and also in the office of the state secretary, a description of the name so used by him, and paying the fee provided by clause (64) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and shall publish such description once in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town where the description has been filed.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 22 - Use of Registered Cans Without Consent of Owner

Section 22. No person shall without the consent of the owner take, detain, use, buy, sell, traffic in or otherwise dispose of any registered can, tub or cabinet. Possession of any such registered can, tub or cabinet by a person in the transaction of his business shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 23 - Destruction or Mutilation of Registered Cans

Section 23. No person shall without the consent of an owner wilfully destroy, mutilate or deface any registered can, tub or cabinet bearing such owner's name, or wilfully erase, mar, cover or change any word or name branded, engraved, blown or otherwise produced in a permanent manner in or upon such can, tub or cabinet.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 24 - Defiling Registered Cans

Section 24. Whoever puts an unclean or foul substance into any registered can, tub or cabinet shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than fifty cents nor more than five dollars for each can, tub or cabinet with respect to which the violation occurs and for any subsequent offence by a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars for each such can, tub or cabinet.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 25 - Search Warrant

Section 25. Upon complaint of a person who has complied with section twenty-one, or his agent, to a district court that he has reason to believe and does believe that a person has wrongfully in his possession or is secreting any of his registered cans, tubs or cabinets, said court may issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the same, and may also cause to be brought before him the person or his agent or employee in whose possession such cans, tubs or cabinets are found, and shall thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such possession; and, if said court finds that such person has been guilty of a wilful violation of any of the provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall impose the penalty prescribed therefor and shall also order the property taken upon such search warrant to be delivered to the owner.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 25a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 25a - Registration of Articles

Section 25A. A person engaged in the business of supplying or furnishing for hire or compensation on a rental or lease basis clean laundered garments, towels, aprons, bed linen or table linen who uses his name and the word ''registered'' on such articles or supplies may register such articles or supplies by filing in the office of the clerk of the city or town where his principal place of business is situated, and also in the office of the state secretary, a description of the name so used by him, and paying the fee provided by clause (64) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and shall publish such description once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper having a circulation in the city or town where the description has been filed.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 25b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 25b - Unauthorized Use or Disposition of Registered Articles

Section 25B. No person shall without the written consent of the owner take, detain, use, sell, traffic in or otherwise dispose of, or use for any purpose other than that for which such article was intended, any registered towel, garment, apron, bed linen or table linen; provided, however, that the use of such article or articles at the place where the same are placed or delivered by the owner or owners under an agreement, lease or license from such owner, shall not be unlawful; and provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall make it unlawful for any hotel, restaurant, cafe or other public hostelry to permit and allow the use of such towel, garment, apron, bed linen or table linen to any guest, boarder or regularly hired employee thereof, during the period of any lease, renting or hiring agreement of said supplies with the owner thereof.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 25c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 25c - Unauthorized Destruction or Mutilation of Registered Articles

Section 25C. No person shall without the written consent of the owner wilfully destroy, mutilate or deface any registered towel, garment, apron, bed linen or table linen, or wilfully erase, mar, cover, remove or alter any word or name printed, branded, stamped or otherwise produced in a permanent manner upon such towel, garment, apron, bed linen or table linen.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 26 - False Trade Marks, Dies; Sale of Falsely Marked Goods

Section 26. Violations of any provisions of sections four A and four B shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 27 - Unauthorized Performance of Unpublished Composition

Section 27. Violations of section sixteen shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 28 - Illegal Use of Registered Cans; Mutilation

Section 28. Violation of any provision of section twenty-two or twenty-three shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than five dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months for each can, tub or cabinet in respect to which the violation occurs and for any subsequent offence by a fine of not more than ten dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months for each such can, tub or cabinet.
MA Gen L ch 110 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof|Section 29 - Penalty for Violation of Secs. 25a to 25c

Section 29. Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections twenty-five A to twenty-five C, inclusive, shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offence shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for not less than thirty days nor more than three months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 101 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 101 - Sales and Purchases

Section 101. It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly  (1) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud,  (2) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, or  (3) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 102 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 102 - Advisory Activities

Section 102. It is unlawful for any person who receives, directly or indirectly, any consideration from another person primarily for advising the other person as to the value of securities or their purchase or sale, whether through the issuance of analyses or reports or otherwise  (1) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud the other person, or  (2) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the other person.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 201 - Registration Requirement

Section 201. (a) It is unlawful for any person to transact business in this commonwealth as a broker-dealer or agent unless he is registered under this chapter.  (b) It is unlawful for any broker-dealer or issuer to employ an agent unless the agent is registered. The registration of an agent is not effective during any period when he is not associated with a particular broker-dealer registered under this chapter or a particular issuer. When an agent begins or terminates a connection with a broker-dealer or issuer, or begins or terminates those activities which make him an agent, the agent as well as the broker-dealer or issuer shall promptly notify the secretary.  (c) It is unlawful for any person to transact business in this commonwealth as an investment adviser or as an investment adviser representative unless he is so registered under this chapter.  (d) It is unlawful for:  (i) any investment adviser required to be registered to employ an investment adviser representative unless the investment adviser representative is registered under this chapter, but the registration of an investment adviser representative shall not be effective during any period when he is not employed by an investment adviser registered under this chapter; or  (ii) any investment adviser representative, as defined in Rule 203A–3(a) under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940, with a place of business, as defined in Rule 203A–3(b) under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940, in the commonwealth, who is employed by a federal covered adviser to conduct business in the commonwealth, unless registered under this chapter.  When an investment adviser representative begins or terminates employment with an investment adviser, the investment adviser in the case of clause (i) of subsection (d), or the investment adviser representative in the case of clause (ii) of said subsection (d), shall promptly notify the secretary.  (e) Every annual registration under this section shall expire on December 31.  (f) It is unlawful for any federal covered adviser to conduct advisory business in the commonwealth unless the adviser complies with the provisions of paragraph (b) of section 202.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 203 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 203 - Post&ndash;registration Provisions

Section 203. (a) Every registered broker-dealer and investment adviser shall make and keep accounts, correspondence, memoranda, papers, books, and other records as the secretary prescribes by rule or order, except as limited by section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in the case of a broker-dealer, and by section 222 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, in the case of an investment adviser. All records so required, with respect to an investment adviser, shall be preserved for such period as the secretary prescribes by rule or order.  (b) With respect to investment advisers, the secretary may require that certain information be furnished or disseminated as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors and advisory clients. To the extent determined by the secretary in his discretion, information furnished to clients or prospective clients of an investment adviser that would be in compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder may be used in whole or partial satisfaction of this requirement. The secretary may by rule or order require that such material be filed.  (c) Every registered broker-dealer and investment adviser shall file such financial reports as the secretary may prescribe by rule or order, except as provided by section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in the case of a broker-dealer, and section 222 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, in the case of an investment adviser.  (d) If the information contained in any document filed with the secretary is or becomes inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, the registrant or federal covered adviser shall file a correcting amendment promptly if the document is filed with respect to a registrant, or when the amendment is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission if the document is filed with respect to a federal covered adviser, unless notification of the correction has been given under subsection (b) of section 201.  (e) All the records referred to in subsection (a) are subject at any time or from time to time to such reasonable periodic, special, or other examinations by representatives of the secretary, within or without the commonwealth, as the secretary deems necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors. For the purpose of avoiding unnecessary duplication of examinations, the secretary, insofar as he deems it practicable in administering this subsection, may cooperate with the securities administrators of other states, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any national securities exchange or national securities association registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 203a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 203a - Document Disclosing Material Facts

Section 203A. (a) Each investment adviser registered under this chapter shall disseminate to each client or prospective client a document disclosing material facts. The document shall include information concerning:  (1) compensation arrangements between the client and the investment adviser;  (2) the nature of services offered;  (3) business practices; and  (4) methods for obtaining information on disciplinary history and registration of the investment adviser and persons associated with the investment adviser.  (b) Each investment adviser and each of its representatives registered under this chapter shall disclose to each client before a purchase or sale is effected on behalf of the client:  (1) the total amount of sales commissions or other fees that may reasonably be expected to be charged or deducted in connection with the purchase or sale;  (2) that the adviser will receive the amount or a portion of the amount, or, in the case of a transaction to be effected through a broker-dealer that is a person associated or under common control with the adviser, that the broker-dealer is affiliated with the adviser and will receive the amount or portion of the amount; and  (3) the existence of any compensation arrangement with an issuer or other third party with respect to the recommended transaction.  The disclosure shall be in writing if the purchase or sale was recommended in writing. The secretary may, by rule, permit a client to waive in writing, the right to a disclosure.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 301 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 301 - Registration Requirement

Section 301. It is unlawful for any person to offer or sell any security in the commonwealth unless:—  (1) the security is registered under this chapter;  (2) the security or transaction is exempted under section 402; or  (3) the security is a federal covered security.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 403 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 403 - Filing of Sales and Advertising Literature

Section 403. The secretary by rule or order may require the filing of any prospectus, pamphlet, circular, form letter, advertisement, or other sales literature or advertising communication addressed or intended for distribution to prospective investors, unless the security or transaction is exempted by section 402 or is a federal covered security. A rule or order relating to any security including a revenue obligation issued or guaranteed by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof or any agency or corporate or other instrumentality of one or more of the foregoing or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing may require the issuer thereof to file sales literature, but no such rule or order shall require sales literature to be prepared or require affirmative approval or filing of sales literature before it is used or require issuers located outside the commonwealth to file any literature; nor shall violation of any such rule or order be subject to the penalties provided by paragraph (a) of section 409.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 404 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 404 - Misleading Filings

Section 404. It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made, in any document filed with the secretary or in any proceeding under this chapter, any statement which is, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, false or misleading in any material respect.
MA Gen L ch 110a § 405 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 405 - Unlawful Representations Concerning Registration or Exemption

Section 405. (a) Neither (1) the fact that an application for registration under Part II or a registration statement under Part III has been filed nor (2) the fact that a person or security is effectively registered constitutes a finding by the secretary that any document filed under this chapter is true, complete, and not misleading. Neither any such fact nor the fact that an exemption or exception is available for a security or a transaction means that the secretary has passed in any way upon the merits or qualifications of, or recommended or given approval to, any person, security, or transaction.  (b) It is unlawful to make, or cause to be made, to any prospective purchaser, customer, or client any representation inconsistent with subsection (a).
MA Gen L ch 110a § 406 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110a - Uniform Securities Act|Section 406 - Administration of Chapter

Section 406. (a) This chapter shall be administered by the secretary.  (b) It is unlawful for the secretary or any of his officers or employees to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the secretary and which is not made public. No provision of this chapter authorizes the secretary or any of his officers or employees to disclose any such information except among themselves or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter. No provision of this chapter either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the secretary or any of his officers or employees.  (c) Every person who takes an examination under paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 204 shall pay whatever fee the secretary by rule specifies.