Section 31. Whoever counterfeits or forges a license, or a certificate of registration issued pursuant to section thirty-four, or has a counterfeited or forged license or certificate in his possession with intent to utter or use the same as true, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, or attempts to sell under a license or certificate which has expired or has been revoked or cancelled, or which has not been issued or transferred to him, or has in his possession another's license or certificate with intent to use the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers
Section 2 - Application of Provisions of Chapter Relative to Transient Vendors
Section 4 - Filing of Applications; Records; Inspection
Section 6 - Neglect or Refusal by Transient Vendor to File Statement; False Representations
Section 8 - Selling Without License; False Statements in License Application
Section 9 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 7 or 8
Section 10 - Action for Recovery of Local License Fee
Section 11 - Return or Surrender of State License; Cancellation; Affidavit of Loss; Notice
Section 12a - Special Licenses Relating to Transient Sales for Charitable Purposes
Section 13 - Hawker and Pedler Defined
Section 14 - Unauthorized Selling or Bartering by Hawker or Pedler
Section 15 - Application of Provisions of Chapter Relating to Hawkers and Peddlers
Section 16 - Sale by Hawkers or Pedlers of Certain Articles; Temporary Licenses
Section 17 - Sale by Hawkers or Peddlers of Certain Articles Without License
Section 18 - Sale by Hawkers or Pedlers Without License
Section 18a - Food for Sale for Consumption by Infants; Drugs
Section 19 - Trade or Sale of Bootblacking by Minors; Permits
Section 20 - Permitting or Aiding Minor to Violate Sec. 19 or 34
Section 22a - License for Sale of Prepared Food; Requisites
Section 24 - Special Licenses to Veterans and Blind Persons; Authority to Sell on Public Streets
Section 26 - Record of Licenses to Hawkers and Peddlers; Inspection
Section 27 - Endorsement, Display, and Production of License; Penalties
Section 28 - Effect of License on Prosecution
Section 29 - Sales by Hawkers or Pedlers Licensed as Auctioneers
Section 30 - Revocation of Licenses
Section 31 - Counterfeiting or Forging Licenses
Section 33 - Temporary Licenses to Sell Articles for Charitable Purposes; Fees