Massachusetts § 15 Arrest without warrant for spitting

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 15 — Arrest without warrant for spitting

Massachusetts § 15

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 270CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 15 (2026).

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Section 15. Any person detected in the act of violating the preceding section may, if his name is unknown to the officer, be arrested without a warrant by any officer authorized to serve criminal process in the place where the offence is committed and kept in custody until he can be taken before a court having jurisdiction of such offence.

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