Section 57. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word ''Duplicate'', except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (1) of section seven—six hundred and one of chapter one hundred and six, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses
Section 1 - Licenses; Application; Notice; Bond
Section 2 - Failure to File Bond
Section 2a - Discharge From Liability Under Bond; Notice; Revocation of License
Section 2b - Duties and Rights of Warehousemen After Revocation of License
Section 2c - Public Warehouses; License Exemption
Section 4 - Insuring Property Upon Request; Notice to Depositor of Household Goods
Section 5 - Books of Warehousemen; Accounts; Inspection
Section 6 - Publication of Notice of Revocation of License
Section 55 - Issuance of Receipt for Goods Not Received
Section 56 - Issuance of Receipt Containing False Statement
Section 57 - Issuance of Unmarked Duplicate Receipts
Section 58 - Issuance of Receipt Not Stating Fact of Ownership
Section 59 - Delivery of Goods With Negotiable Receipt Outstanding
Section 60 - Negotiation of Receipt for Mortgaged Goods
Section 61 - Fraudulent Negotiation or Transfer of Receipt
Section 62 - Unlawful Sale, Pledge or Loan of Deposited Property