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Part IV - Crimes, Punishmen...
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Title I - Crimes and Punish...
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Chapter 269 - Crimes Against Public Peace
Chapter 269 - Crimes Against Public Peace
Section 1 - Dispensing and Suppressing Unlawful Assembly; Arresting Persons
Section 2 - Refusing or Neglecting to Depart or to Assist in Suppressing Assembly or in Arresting Persons
Section 3 - Neglect or Refusal to Exercise Authority to Suppress Assembly
Section 4 - Requiring Aid; Dispersing and Suppressing Assembly; Seizure of Persons
Section 5 - Armed Forces Obeying Orders for Suppressing Riot and Dispersing and Arresting Persons
Section 6 - Person Killed or Wounded as Result of an Assembly; Guilt and Responsibility
Section 7 - Injury to Building or Vessel by Persons Unlawfully Assembled
Section 8 - Destruction of or Damage to Property by Persons Riotously Assembled; Liability of Town
Section 10 - Carrying Dangerous Weapons; Possession of Machine Gun or Sawed-Off Shotguns; Possession of Large Capacity Weapon or Large Capacity Feeding Device; Punishment
Section 10a - Selling, Giving or Using Silencers; Confiscation and Destruction
Section 10c - Tear Gas; Use in Commission of Crimes
Section 10d - Body Armor; Use in Commission of Crime
Section 10e - Firearms Sales, Distributions or Transfers; Penalties; Eligibility for Probation, Parole, Furlough or Work Release
Section 10f - Illegal Sale, Gifts or Transfer of Large Capacity Weapons or Large Capacity Feeding Devices; Punishment
Section 10g - Violations of Sec. 10 by Persons Previously Convicted of Violent Crimes or Serious Drug Offenses; Punishment
Section 10h - Carrying Loaded Firearm While Under Influence of Liquor, Marijuana, Narcotic Drugs, Depressants, Stimulant or Toxic Vapor Substances; Punishment
Section 10i - Transporting Firearm, Rifle, Shotgun, Machine Gun or Sawed-Off Shotgun Into Commonwealth for Use in Commission of Criminal Activity or to Unlawfully Distribute, Sell or Transfer Possession to Prohibited Person; Penalty
Section 10j - Breaking and Entering Building, Ship, Vessel or Vehicle to Steal Firearm; Penalty
Section 10k - Breaking and Entering Building in Which Firearm Retailer, Wholesaler or Manufacturer Conducts Business; Unlawfully Obtaining or Distributing Firearm, Rifle, Shotgun, Machine Gun or Ammunition; Punishment
Section 11 - Printing Statutes for Posters; Display
Section 11a - Definitions
Section 11b - Possession or Control of Firearm With Serial or Identification Number Removed or Mutilated, While Committing or Attempting a Felony; Destruction
Section 11c - Removal or Mutilation of Serial or Identification Numbers of Firearms; Receiving Such Firearm; Destruction
Section 11e - Serial Identification Numbers on Firearms
Section 12 - Manufacturing and Selling Knives, Slung Shots, Swords, Bludgeons and Similar Weapons
Section 12a - Air Rifles; Sale to Minors
Section 12b - Air Rifles; Possession by Minors; Shooting
Section 12d - Rifle or Shotgun Loaded With Shells or Cartridges; Unloaded Rifle or Shotgun; Carrying on Public Way Prohibited; Exceptions; Punishment
Section 12e - Discharge of a Firearm Within 500 Feet of a Dwelling or Other Building in Use; Exceptions
Section 12f - Airport Secure Areas; Possession or Placement of a Cutting Device or Prohibited Weapon; Punishment
Section 13 - False Alarms of Fire
Section 13a - False Reports to Police Officers
Section 14 - Deadly Weapons, Explosives, Chemical or Biological Agents, or Other Deadly Device or Substance; Threatened Use or Presence; Threat to Hijack; Disruption of School, Public Building or Transport; Punishment; Restitution
Section 14a - Annoying Telephone Calls or Electronic Communication
Section 14b - Willful and Malicious Communication of False Information to Public Safety Answering Points; Penalty; Restitution
Section 15 - Stink Bombs; Sale
Section 16 - Arrowheads Used for Hunting; Sale
Section 17 - Hazing; Organizing or Participating; Hazing Defined
Section 18 - Failure to Report Hazing
Section 19 - Copy of Secs. 17 to 19; Issuance to Students and Student Groups, Teams and Organizations; Report