Massachusetts § 22 Notes, bills, orders or checks for less than five dollars, as currency

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 22 — Notes, bills, orders or checks for less than five dollars, as currency

Massachusetts § 22

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 267FORGERY AND CRIMES AGAINST THE CURRENCY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, § 22 (2026).

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Section 22. Whoever issues or passes a note, bill, order or check, other than the notes or bills of a bank incorporated under the authority of this commonwealth, of the United States or of some one of the United States, for an amount less than five dollars, or whereon a less amount than five dollars is due at the time of such issuing or passing thereof, with intent that the same shall be circulated as currency, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.

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Section 22. Whoever issues or passes a note, bill, order or check, other than the notes or bills of a bank incorporated under the authority of this commonwealth, of the United States or of some one of the United States, for an amount less than five dollars, or whereon a less amount than five dollars is due at the time of such issuing or passing thereof, with intent that the same shall be circulated as currency, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.

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