Section 22. A parent who conceals the death of the issue of such parent, which if born alive would be a child born out of wedlock, so that it cannot be ascertained whether it was born alive or, if born alive, whether it was murdered, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Title I - Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 272 - Crimes Against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order
Section 1 - Enticing Away Person Under 16 for Marriage
Section 2 - Enticing Away Person for Prostitution or Sexual Intercourse
Section 3 - Drugging Persons for Sexual Intercourse
Section 4 - Inducing Person Under Eighteen to Have Sexual Intercourse
Section 4a - Inducing Minor Into Prostitution
Section 4b - Living Off or Sharing Earnings of Minor Prostitute
Section 7 - Support From, or Sharing, Earnings of Prostitute
Section 8 - Soliciting for Prostitute
Section 10 - Arrest Without Warrant
Section 11 - Corroboration of One Witness; Limitations
Section 13 - Detaining, or Drugging to Detain, Person in Place for Prostitution
Section 16 - Open and Gross Lewdness and Lascivious Behavior
Section 17 - Incestuous Marriage or Sexual Activities
Section 21a - Furnishing Drugs, Articles or Information for Prevention of Pregnancy or Conception
Section 22 - Concealment of Death of Child Born Out of Wedlock
Section 23 - Joinder of Charges of Murder and Offense Under Sec. 22
Section 24 - Keeping House of Ill Fame
Section 25 - Obstructing View of Restaurant or Tavern Patrons; Barricaded Entrances
Section 26 - Resorting to Restaurants or Taverns for Immoral Purposes
Section 27 - Record of Convictions Under Sec. 25 or Sec. 26 Sent to Licensing Officers
Section 28 - Matter Harmful to Minors, Dissemination; Possession; Defenses
Section 28d - Answer to Notice; Right to Jury Trial
Section 28e - Order of Default; Adjudication
Section 28f - Hearing; Evidence; Adjudication
Section 28g - Objection That Mere Judgment Sought and No Relief Claimed on Issue of Knowledge
Section 29 - Dissemination or Possession of Obscene Matter; Punishment; Defense
Section 29a - Posing or Exhibiting Child in State of Nudity or Sexual Conduct; Punishment
Section 32 - Motion Picture Theater Managers or Operators; Applicability of Secs. 28, 29 and 29a
Section 33 - Exhibition of Deformities
Section 34 - Crime Against Nature
Section 35 - Unnatural and Lascivious Acts
Section 35a - Unnatural and Lascivious Acts With Child Under 16
Section 36a - Sporting Events; Penalty for Abuse of Participants and Officials
Section 38 - Disturbance of Assembly for Worship
Section 40a - Alcoholic Beverages; Gift, Sale, Delivery or Possession on Public School Premises
Section 41 - Disturbance of Libraries
Section 42 - Disturbance of Funerals
Section 42a - Disturbance of Funeral Services
Section 42b - Disturbance of Military Funeral Service; Penalty
Section 43 - Disorderliness in Public Conveyances; Disturbance of Travelers
Section 53 - Penalty for Certain Offenses
Section 54 - Apprehension for Certain Offences, Without Warrant; Custody
Section 56 - Subsequent Offenses; Breach of Recognizance on Appeal
Section 57 - Discharge Upon Recognizance; Payment of Expenses of Prosecution
Section 58 - Employing or Permitting Employment of Minor Under 15 to Beg
Section 60 - Disposal of Rubbish, etc.; Refusal to Remove; Arrest Without Warrant
Section 61 - Conviction After Discharge From Sentence Under Sec. 53
Section 62 - Third Conviction of Being a Common Nightwalker
Section 63 - Tramps; Begging or Riding Freight Trains as Prima Facie Evidence
Section 65 - Arrest of Tramps Without Warrant; Making Complaint
Section 67 - Vagrants; Arrest Without Warrant; Taking Before Court; Complaint
Section 69 - Vagabonds; Arrest Without Warrant; Taking Before Court; Complaint
Section 70 - Taking Dead Body on Process or Execution
Section 71 - Disinterring Bodies
Section 72 - Buying, Selling or Possessing Dead Bodies
Section 73 - Tombs, Graves, Memorials, Trees, Plants; Injuring, Removing
Section 73a - Removal of Gravestones and Other Memorials for Repair or Reproduction
Section 74 - Desecrating Place of Burial; Use and Occupation as Evidence of Title
Section 75 - Removal of Flowers, Flags or Memorial Tokens From Burial Lot
Section 76 - Ways, Railroads, Canals or Public Easements Through Burial Grounds
Section 77 - Cruelty to Animals; Prohibition From Work Involving Contact With Animals
Section 77a - Willfully Injuring Police Dogs and Horses
Section 77b - Exhibition of Wild Animals
Section 77c - Sexual Contact With Animal
Section 78 - Selling, Leading, or Using Horses Not Fit for Work; Forfeiture of Auctioneer's License
Section 78a - Sale of Foals Under Five Months; Penalty
Section 79a - Cutting Bones or Muscles to Dock or Set Tail of Horse; Wound as Evidence
Section 801/2 - Devocalization of Dogs or Cats; Definitions; Penalty; Exceptions; Records
Section 80a - Cropping or Cutting Off Ear of Dog; Wound as Prima Facie Evidence
Section 80b - Exhibiting Dogs With Ears Cropped or Cut Off
Section 80d - Living Rabbits, Baby Chickens, Ducklings or Other Fowl; Sale, Barter or Gift
Section 80e - Putting Animal to Death by Use of Decompression Chamber
Section 80e1/2 - Putting Animal to Death by Drowning
Section 80f - Giving Away Live Animals as Prize or Award
Section 80g - Experiments on Vertebrates; Vivisection, Dissection of Animals; Care
Section 80h - Motor Vehicles; Striking, Injuring or Killing Dogs or Cats
Section 80i - Leasing or Renting Dogs; Penalties
Section 81 - Rest, Water and Feed for Transported Animals; Lien; Liability for Detention
Section 82 - Arrest Without Warrant for Violation of Sec. 77 or 81; Notice; Care of Animals; Lien
Section 83 - Complaint, Warrant and Search Relative to Cruelty to Animals
Section 84 - Prosecutions Under Secs. 77 to 81
Section 85b - Assistance Animals Stolen or Attacked; Actions for Economic and Non-Economic Damages
Section 86 - Stabling Horses or Mules on Second or Higher Floors, in Places Other Than Cities
Section 86a - Stabling Horses and Mules Above First Floor; Exceeding Six; Fire Exits
Section 86b - Stabling Horses or Mules Exceeding Fifteen
Section 86c - Smoking in Buildings Used for Stabling Horses or Mules
Section 86d - Pails of Water and Sand in Buildings Used for Stables
Section 86e - Entry Upon Premises to Enforce Secs. 86a to 86d; Orders
Section 86f - Violation of Secs. 86 to 86d; Refusal or Neglect to Comply With Sec. 86e Orders
Section 88 - Complaints and Warrants Relative to Fighting Animals; Searches; Arrests
Section 90 - Custody of Arrested Persons; Time Limitation
Section 92 - Appeal; Recognizance; Custody and Disposition of Animals
Section 93 - Expenses of Care and Destruction of Fighting Animals
Section 95 - Aiding or Being Present at Exhibition of Fighting Animals
Section 96 - False Notice of Birth, Marriage or Death
Section 98c - Libel; Groups of Persons; Defenses; Punishment; Prosecutions
Section 99 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications
Section 99a - Jury Deliberations; Overhearing by Use of Devices