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Section 6 - Costs as Penalty for Crime; Expenses of Prosecution

MA Gen L ch 280 § 6 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 6. Costs shall not be imposed by a justice as a penalty for a crime. A justice may, as a condition of the dismissal or placing on file of a complaint or indictment, or as a term of probation, order the defendant to pay the reasonable and actual expenses of the prosecution. A justice may impose reasonable costs as a result of a default by a criminal defendant that was intentional or negligent and without good cause.