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Section 1 - Murder Defined - Section 1. Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or...
Section 2 - Punishment for Murder; Parole; Executive Clemency - Section 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any...
Section 3 - Duel; Wound Without and Death Within State; Venue - Section 3. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who,...
Section 4 - Accessory in Duel - Section 4. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who,...
Section 5 - Duel; Conviction or Acquittal in Foreign State; Effect - Section 5. A person indicted under either of the two...
Section 9 - Prize Fighting; Engaging - Section 9. Whoever, except as provided in sections thirty-two to...
Section 10 - Prize Fight; Aiding or Promoting; Penalty - Section 10. Whoever, except as provided in sections thirty-two to...
Section 11 - Prize Fight; Appointment Within and Fight Without State; Penalty - Section 11. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who,...
Section 12 - Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts or Other Unarmed Combative Sporting Matches or Sparring Exhibitions; Penalty - Section 12. Whoever directly or indirectly, except as provided in...
Section 13 - Manslaughter; Punishment; Business Organization as Defendant - Section 13. Whoever commits manslaughter shall, except as hereinafter provided,...
Section 131/2 - Punishment for Manslaughter While Operating a Motor Vehicle - Section 131/2. Whoever commits manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle...
Section 13a - Assault or Assault and Battery; Punishment - Section 13A. (a) Whoever commits an assault or an assault...
Section 13b - Indecent Assault and Battery on Child Under Age of 14; Penalties - Section 13B. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on...
Section 13b1/2 - Commission of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14 During Commission of Certain Offenses or by Mandated Reporters; Penalties - Section 13B1/2. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on...
Section 13b3/4 - Commission of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14 by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties - Section 13B3/4. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on...
Section 13c - Assault and Battery to Collect Loan; Penalty - Section 13C. Whoever commits an assault and battery upon another...
Section 13d - Assault and Battery Upon Public Employees; Attempt to Disarm Police Officer; Assault and Battery Upon a Police Officer; Penalties - Section 13D. Whoever commits an assault and battery upon any...
Section 13d1/2 - Firefighters, Injuries Resulting From Criminal Offenses; Penalty - Section 13D1/2. Whoever commits an offense set forth in section...
Section 13f - Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person With an Intellectual Disability; Assault and Battery - Section 13F. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on...
Section 13g - Commission of a Felony for Hire; Additional Punishment - Section 13G. Whoever, for the payment of consideration or for...
Section 13h - Indecent Assault and Battery on Person Fourteen or Older; Penalties - Section 13H. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on...
Section 13i - Assault or Assault and Battery on Emergency Medical Technician, Ambulance Operator, Ambulance Attendant or Health Care Provider - Section 13I. Whoever commits an assault or an assault and...
Section 13j - Assault and Battery Upon a Child; Penalties - Section 13J. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 13k - Assault and Battery Upon an Elderly or Disabled Person; Definitions; Penalties - Section 13K. (a) For the purpose of this section the...
Section 13l - Wanton or Reckless Behavior Creating a Risk of Serious Bodily Injury or Sexual Abuse to a Child; Duty to Act; Penalty - Section 13L. For the purposes of this section, the following...
Section 13m - Assault or Assault and Battery on a Family or Household Member; Second or Subsequent Offense; Penalty - Section 13M. (a) Whoever commits an assault or assault and...
Section 13n - Transmission of Conviction Information for Misdemeanor Offense Having as Element the Use or Attempted Use of Physical Force or the Threatened Use of Deadly Weapon Where Victim or Intended Victim Was Family or Household Member to Departm... - Section 13N. Upon entry of a conviction for any misdemeanor...
Section 14 - Mayhem; Punishment - Section 14. Whoever, with malicious intent to maim or disfigure,...
Section 15 - Assault; Intent to Murder or Maim; Penalty - Section 15. Whoever assaults another with intent to commit murder,...
Section 15a - Assault and Battery With Dangerous Weapon; Victim Sixty or Older; Punishment; Subsequent Offenses - Section 15A. (a) Whoever commits assault and battery upon a...
Section 15b - Assault With Dangerous Weapon; Victim Sixty or Older; Punishment; Subsequent Offenses - Section 15B. (a) Whoever, by means of a dangerous weapon,...
Section 15c - Assault by Means of Hypodermic Syringe or Needle; Assault and Battery by Means of Hypodermic Syringe or Needle - Section 15C. (a) Whoever commits an assault upon another, by...
Section 15d - Strangulation or Suffocation; Penalty; Aggravating Factors; Batterer's Intervention Program - Section 15D. (a) For the purposes of this section the...
Section 15e - Assault and Battery by Discharge of Firearm, Large Capacity Weapon, Rifle, Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun or Machine Gun; Penalty - Section 15E. (a) Whoever commits an assault and battery upon...
Section 15f - Attempt to Commit Assault and Battery by Discharge of Firearm, Large Capacity Weapon, Rifle, Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun or Machine Gun; Penalty - Section 15F. (a) Whoever attempts to commit an assault and...
Section 16 - Attempt to Murder - Section 16. Whoever attempts to commit murder by poisoning, drowning...
Section 17 - Armed Robbery; Punishment - Section 17. Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, assaults...
Section 18 - Assault With Intent to Rob or Murder; Weapons; Punishment; Victim Sixty Years or Older; Minimum Sentence for Repeat Offenders - Section 18. (a) Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon,...
Section 18a - Dangerous Weapon; Assault in Dwelling House; Punishment - Section 18A. Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, enters...
Section 18b - Use of Firearms While Committing a Felony; Second or Subsequent Offenses; Punishment - Section 18B. Whoever, while in the commission of or the...
Section 18c - Entry of Dwelling Place; Persons Present Within; Weapons; Punishment - Section 18C. Whoever knowingly enters the dwelling place of another...
Section 19 - Robbery by Unarmed Person; Punishment; Victim Sixty or Older; Minimum Sentence for Repeat Offenders - Section 19. (a) Whoever, not being armed with a dangerous...
Section 20 - Simple Assault; Intent to Rob or Steal; Punishment - Section 20. Whoever, not being armed with a dangerous weapon,...
Section 21 - Stealing by Confining or Putting in Fear - Section 21. Whoever, with intent to commit larceny or any...
Section 21a - Assault, Confinement, Etc. of Person for Purpose of Stealing Motor Vehicle; Weapons; Punishment - Section 21A. Whoever, with intent to steal a motor vehicle,...
Section 22 - Rape, Generally; Weapons; Punishment; Eligibility for Furlough, Education, Training or Employment Programs - Section 22. (a) Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual...
Section 22a - Rape of Child; Punishment - Section 22A. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse...
Section 22b - Rape of a Child During Commission of Certain Offenses or by Use of Force; Penalties - Section 22B. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse...
Section 22c - Rape of a Child Through Use of Force by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties - Section 22C. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse...
Section 23 - Rape and Abuse of Child - Section 23. Whoever unlawfully has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual...
Section 23a - Rape and Abuse of Child Aggravated by Age Difference Between Defendant and Victim or by When Committed by Mandated Reporters; Penalties - Section 23A. Whoever unlawfully has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual...
Section 23b - Rape and Abuse of Child by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties - Section 23B. Whoever unlawfully has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual...
Section 24 - Assault With Intent to Commit Rape; Weapons; Punishment; Eligibility for Furloughs, Education, Training or Employment Programs - Section 24. Whoever assaults a person with intent to commit...
Section 24a - Venue - Section 24A. If, in connection with the alleged commission of...
Section 24b - Assault of Child; Intent to Commit Rape; Weapons; Punishment - Section 24B. Whoever assaults a child under sixteen with intent...
Section 24c - Victim's Name; Confidentiality - Section 24C. That portion of the records of a court...
Section 25 - Attempted Extortion; Punishment - Section 25. Whoever, verbally or by a written or printed...
Section 26 - Kidnapping; Weapons; Child Under Age 16; Punishment - Section 26. Whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confines...
Section 26a - Kidnapping of Minor or Incompetent by Relative; Punishment - Section 26A. Whoever, being a relative of a child less...
Section 26b - Drugging Persons for Kidnapping - Section 26B. Whoever applies, administers to or causes to be...
Section 26c - Definition of ''entice''; Enticement of Child Under Age 16; Punishment - Section 26C. (a) As used in this section, the term...
Section 26d - Enticement of Child Under Age 18 to Engage in Prostitution, Human Trafficking or Commercial Sexual Activity - Section 26D. (a) As used in this section, the term...
Section 27 - Kidnapping; Venue - Section 27. A crime described in section twenty-six may be...
Section 27a - Kidnapping of Minor or Incompetent by Relative; Venue - Section 27A. A crime described in section twenty-six A may...
Section 28 - Poison; Use With Intent to Injure; Punishment - Section 28. Whoever mingles poison with food, drink or medicine...
Section 29 - Assault; Intent to Commit Felony; Punishment - Section 29. Whoever assaults another with intent to commit a...
Section 30 - Gross Negligence; Persons Having Care of Common Carrier; Penalty - Section 30. Whoever, having the management or control of or...
Section 32 - Glass; Throwing in Public Streets and Beaches; Penalty - Section 32. Whoever throws or drops glass on a public...
Section 34 - Tattooing Body of Person by Other Than Qualified Physician; Punishment - Section 34. Whoever, not being registered as a qualified physician...
Section 35 - Throwing or Dropping Objects Onto Public Way; Punishment - Section 35. Whoever willfully or negligently drops, throws or otherwise...
Section 36 - Throwing or Dropping Objects at Sporting Events; Punishment - Section 36. Any person who willfully drops, throws or otherwise...
Section 37 - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Punishment - Section 37. No person, whether or not acting under color...
Section 39 - Assault or Battery for Purpose of Intimidation; Weapons; Punishment - Section 39. (a) Whoever commits an assault or a battery...
Section 40 - Causing Serious Bodily Injury to Participants in Physical Exercise Training Programs; Punishment - Section 40. Whoever, having the direct management or direct control...
Section 41 - Sentence Not Imposing Imprisonment; Specific Reasons in Record - Section 41. In sentencing a person for a violation of...
Section 42 - Use of Radios Without Earphones on Public Conveyances; Punishment - Section 42. Whoever uses a radio or boom box, so-called,...
Section 43 - Stalking; Punishment - Section 43. (a) Whoever (1) willfully and maliciously engages in...
Section 43a - Criminal Harassment; Punishment - Section 43A. (a) Whoever willfully and maliciously engages in a...
Section 44 - Coercion of Child Under Eighteen Into Criminal Conspiracy; Penalties - Section 44. Whoever commits an assault and battery on a...
Section 45 - Community Parole Supervision for Life Following Imprisonment, Probation or Treatment Center Sentence; Covered Offenses - Section 45. Any person who commits indecent assault and battery...
Section 46 - Taking From Deceased Victim's Estate Prohibited - Section 46. The court shall prohibit any person charged with...
Section 47 - Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Certain Sex Offender Probationers - Section 47. Any person who is placed on probation for...
Section 48 - Ice Cream Truck Vending by Sex Offender Prohibited - Section 48. A sex offender, as defined by section 178C...
Section 49 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49 to 57 - Section 49. As used in sections 50 to 51, inclusive,...
Section 50 - Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude; Trafficking of Persons Under 18 Years for Sexual Servitude; Trafficking by Business Entities; Penalties; Tort Actions Brought by Victims - Section 50. (a) Whoever knowingly: (i) subjects, or attempts to...
Section 51 - Trafficking of Persons for Forced Service; Victims Under 18 Years; Trafficking by Business Entities; Penalties; Tort Actions Brought by Victims - Section 51. (a) Whoever knowingly: (i) subjects, or attempts to...
Section 52 - Subsequent Violations of Sec. 50 or 51; Penalties; Evidence of Prior Adjudication or Conviction - Section 52. (a) Whoever, after having been convicted of or...
Section 53 - Organ Trafficking; Victims Under 18 Years; Penalties - Section 53. (a) Whoever: (i) recruits, entices, harbors, transports, delivers...
Section 54 - Transmittal of Fines to State Treasurer - Section 54. The court shall transmit fines collected pursuant to...
Section 55 - Forfeiture of Funds Used to Facilitate Violation of Sec. 50 or 51; Victim Restitution - Section 55. All monies furnished or intended to be furnished...
Section 56 - Property Subject to Forfeiture Resulting From Violations of Secs. 50 or 51; Procedure; Exceptions; Records; Preliminary Orders for Seizure; Referral to Office of Seized Property Management; Homestead Exemptions; Recording of Certificate... - Section 56. (a) The following property shall be subject to...
Section 57 - Victim of Human Trafficking as Affirmative Defense to Charges of Common Night Walking or Common Streetwalking - Section 57. In any prosecution or juvenile delinquency proceeding of...
Section 58 - Possession of Deceptive Weapon Device During Commission of Violent Crime; Penalty - Section 58. Any person who is in possession of a...
Section 59 - Human Trafficking Victimization as Affirmative Defense to Certain Offenses; Grounds to Vacate Conviction, Adjudication of Delinquency or Continuance Without Finding and to Withdraw Guilty Plea - Section 59. (a) At any time after the entry of...