Section 10. At two o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in April of each year, the standard time in this commonwealth shall be advanced one hour, and at two o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in October of each year the standard time in this commonwealth shall, by the retarding of one hour, be made to coincide with the mean astronomical time of the degree of longitude governing the zone wherein the commonwealth is situated, the standard official time of which is described as United States standard eastern time, so that between the last Sunday of April at two o'clock ante-meridian and the last Sunday in October at two o'clock ante-meridian in each year the standard time in this commonwealth shall be one hour in advance of the United States standard eastern time. And in all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the commonwealth, and in all the public schools and in all institutions of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, and in all contracts or choses in action made or to be performed in the commonwealth, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be United States standard eastern time as changed by this section.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Section 1 - Effective Date of Statutes
Section 1a - Reorganization Plans for Executive Department
Section 2 - Effective Date of Resolves
Section 2a - Special Legislative Commissions
Section 3 - Enacting Style of Initiative Measures
Section 4 - Mode of Acceptance of Statute by Municipality or District
Section 4a - Revocation of Acceptance by Towns of Special Acts
Section 4b - Rescission of Laws Previously Accepted by Cities, Towns or Municipalities
Section 5 - Return Showing Action of Body Accepting or Rejecting Statute
Section 6 - Rules for Construction of Statutes
Section 7 - Definitions of Statutory Terms; Statutory Construction
Section 8 - Construction of Special Acts Authorizing Municipalities to Incur Indebtedness
Section 9 - Time for Performance of Acts Performable on Sunday or Holiday
Section 9a - Recital Giving Unsealed Instrument Effect of Sealed Instrument; ''person'' Defined
Section 9b - Stamping Seal on Documents
Section 10 - Daylight Saving Time
Section 11 - Marginal References
Section 12 - Bi-Partisan Boards; Political Affiliations of Members
Section 13 - Legal Notices Required to Be Published in Newspapers; Electronic Publication