Massachusetts Statutes
§ 2 — Arrest on false pretense; penalty
Massachusetts § 2
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Ch. 263RIGHTS OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIME
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, § 2 (2026).
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Section 2. An officer who arrests or takes into or detains in custody a person, pretending to have a process if he has none, or pretending to have a different process from that which he has, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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