Massachusetts General Laws
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 147 - State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections of the Division of Professional Licensure

Section 13a - Towns Authorized to Establish Reserve Police Force; Number; Appointments; Removal; Regulations; Powers and Duties; Compensation - Section 13A. A town having an organized police force or...

Section 13b - Reserve Police Forces in Cities; Appointments From Civil Service Eligible List - Section 13B. In any city which has accepted sections eleven...

Section 13c - Reserve Police Forces in Towns; Appointments From Civil Service Eligible List - Section 13C. In any town which has accepted section thirteen...

Section 14 - Days Off for Police; One Day Out of Thirty - Section 14. Members of the police department of every city,...

Section 15 - Days Off for Police; One Day Out of Fifteen - Section 15. Except in Boston, members of the police department...

Section 16 - Days Off for Police; One Day Out of Eight - Section 16. Except in Boston, members of the police department...

Section 16a - Days Off for Police; One Day Out of Seven - Section 16A. Members of the police department of every town...

Section 16b - Days Off for Police; One Day Out of Six - Section 16B. Except in Boston, members of the police department...

Section 16c - Five Day Weeks; Vote of Voters; Petition Question on Ballot - Section 16C. Members of the police department of every city...

Section 17 - Time for Days Off; Effect; Emergencies; Minimum Days Annually; Effect on Annual Vacations - Section 17. The time and manner of excusing members of...

Section 17a - Additional Days Off or Pay - Section 17A. If any police officer of a city or...

Section 17b - Five Day and Forty Hour Week; Compensation for Additional Service; Reduction in Compensation - Section 17B. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 17c - Time Off or Pay for Overtime Duty - Section 17C. If a regular police officer in the service...

Section 17d - Annual Convention of Massachusetts Police Association - Section 17D. Members of police departments shall be excused from...

Section 17e - Overtime Compensation Upon Discharge, Resignation, Retirement or Death - Section 17E. Whenever the employment of any police officer subject...

Section 17f - Police Chiefs; Working on Holidays; Additional Pay - Section 17F. If the superintendent of police in the city...

Section 17g - Five Day Forty-Hour Week; Overtime Pay - Section 17G. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 18 - Police Stations for Detention of Women; Appointment of Matrons - Section 18. In every city having a population of over...

Section 19 - Qualifications for Appointment; Removal; Compensation; Residence; on Call Status; Powers and Duties; Accommodations for Women Held at Stations - Section 19. A woman shall not be appointed a police...

Section 20 - Removal of Women to Nearest Station With Matron; Jurisdiction - Section 20. If a female is arrested and taken to...

Section 21 - ''police Station'' and ''station'' Defined - Section 21. The words ''police station'' or ''station'' in the...

Section 21a - Police Cadets; Appointment; Qualifications; Compensation; Duties; Status; Retirement and Pensions - Section 21A. The board or officer in a city or...

Section 22 - Definitions - Section 22. In this section and in sections twenty-three to...

Section 23 - Necessity of Private Detective License; Exceptions - Section 23. No person shall engage in, advertise or hold...

Section 24 - Applications; Qualifications of Applicants - Section 24. An application for a license to engage in...

Section 25 - License; Disqualification of Convicts; Duration; Posting; Name of Licensee and Approval; Renewal and Revocation - Section 25. The colonel of the state police may grant...

Section 26 - License Fees; Bond - Section 26. The fee for an original license and for...

Section 27 - Employment to Determine Labor Conditions or Disseminate Propaganda; Penalty - Section 27. No licensee shall enter, or cause any person...

Section 28 - Assistants; Employment; Divulgence of Information or False Report; Penalty - Section 28. A licensee may employ to assist him in...

Section 29 - Badges, Identification Cards, Weapons, Equipment and Vehicles - Section 29. No licensee or employee or agent of a...

Section 29a - Daily Records Concerning Guards Carrying Guns Required - Section 29A. Any watch, guard or patrol agency shall maintain...

Section 30 - Prohibited Acts; Penalty - Section 30. No licensee nor any of his employees shall...

Section 31 - Names of Police Officers Sent to Municipal Police Training Committee; Failure to Send Names - Section 31. The clerk of each town in which a...

Section 32 - Necessity of License to Hold Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts or Other Unarmed Combative Sporting Event or Sparring Match or Exhibition; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 32 to 51 - Section 32. (a) In this section and in sections 33...

Section 33 - Issuance and Term of License; Revocation of License; Issuance of License for Toughman Competition Prohibited - Section 33. The commission may, subject to sections 32 to...

Section 34 - Bond - Section 34. No license as aforesaid shall be granted unless...

Section 35 - Licenses for Physician, Promoter, Referee, Judge, Timekeeper, Professional Boxer, Kickboxer, Mixed Martial Arts Contestant or Other Unarmed Combative Sport Contestant, or a Manager, Trainer or Second of Such a Contestant; Fees - Section 35. No person shall act, directly or indirectly, as...

Section 35a - Amateur Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts or Other Unarmed Combative Sporting Events, Sparring Matches and Exhibitions; Acknowledgment of Rules and Regulations of Amateur Governing Body; Licensing of Amateur Referees, Judges and Officials; Lim... - Section 35A. Notwithstanding section 36, the commission shall, in the...

Section 36 - Necessity of Referee and Judges; Powers and Duties; Vote; Decision; Forfeitures; Fees of Officials; Payment - Section 36. At every boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or...

Section 37 - Necessity of Physician; Duties; Qualifications; Fees; Certificate of Contestant's Fitness - Section 37. At any boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or...

Section 38 - Number and Time of Rounds; Frequency of Tournaments or Contests; Gloves; Protective Devices - Section 38. No boxing, kickboxing or other unarmed combative sporting...

Section 39 - Ages of Contestants and Persons Admitted to Matches - Section 39. Except as hereinafter provided, no contestant under 18...

Section 39a - Boxer, Kickboxer, Mixed Martial Arts Contestant or Other Unarmed Combative Sport Contestant Previously Knocked Out Six or More Times - Section 39A. No professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial arts contestant...

Section 39b - Insurance on Contestants - Section 39B. A person licensed under section 33 to conduct...

Section 40 - Percentage of Receipts Paid to Commonwealth; Reports to Commission; Filing of Contracts Entered Into for Sale, Lease or Exploitation of Broadcasting Rights; Enforcement - Section 40. Every licensee holding or conducting a boxing, kickboxing,...

Section 40a - Boxers' Fund - Section 40A. Every licensee holding or conducting any boxing, kickboxing,...

Section 41 - Number of Persons Admitted; Limitation - Section 41. No licensee under section thirty-three shall sell or...

Section 42 - Revocation or Suspension of License; Administrative Penalty - Section 42. Any license may be revoked or suspended by...

Section 43 - Financial Interest of Licensee in Boxer; Prepayment of Contestant - Section 43. No licensee under section thirty-three shall have, directly...

Section 44 - Authority of Commission to Summon Witnesses - Section 44. The commission shall have the same authority to...

Section 45 - Enjoining Unlicensed or Illegal Matches - Section 45. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity...

Section 46 - Rules and Regulations; Special Permits; Annual Report - Section 46. The commission may make such rules and regulations...

Section 47 - Distribution to Towns of Money Received by Commonwealth - Section 47. The remainder of the sums received under section...

Section 47a - Prohibition of Licensed Event by Municipality; Notice of Exercise of Municipal Option - Section 47A. The commission shall notify a municipality in writing...

Section 50a - Courses of Instruction in Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts and Other Unarmed Combative Sports or Matches or Exhibitions Sponsored by Youth Organizations, Private Clubs, Law Enforcement Agencies, Etc. - Section 50A. Courses of instruction in boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial...

Section 51 - Statutes Not Applicable to Matches or Exhibitions - Section 51. Sections nine to twelve, inclusive, of chapter two...

Section 56 - Sale of Power Lawn Mowers; Safety Devices Required; Rules and Regulations; Penalty - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 57 - Installation, Repair or Maintenance of Security Systems; Licensure; Exceptions - Section 57. The words ''security system'', as used in sections...

Section 58 - Application for License; Filing; Contents; Proof of Qualifications - Section 58. An application for a license to engage in...

Section 59 - Issuance of License; Effect of Felony Conviction; Term; Contents; Renewal - Section 59. The commissioner may issue to an applicant complying...

Section 60 - Employee Statements; Filing; Security Check; False Statements by Licensee or Employee; Penalties - Section 60. A person, firm or corporation licensed under the...

Section 61 - Fees - Section 61. The fee for the filing of an original...

Section 62 - Acceptance of Education, Training or Service Completed by Applicant as Member of Armed Forces Toward Qualification Requirements to Receive License or Certification; Validity of License or Certificate During Active Service of Holder; Expe... - Section 62. (a) The commissioner shall coordinate and adopt a...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order Chapter 147 - State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections of the Division of Professional Licensure

Massachusetts General Laws
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 147 - State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections of the Division of Professional Licensure