Massachusetts Statutes
§ 5 — Punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred; effect of repeal of law by General Laws
Massachusetts § 5
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part VTHE GENERAL LAWS, AND EXPRESS REPEAL OF CERTAIN ACTS AND RESOLVES
Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Ch. 281THE GENERAL LAWS AND THEIR EFFECT
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 281, § 5 (2026).
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Section 5. The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred under such law, except that any provision of the General Laws by which a punishment, penalty or forfeiture is mitigated may be extended and applied to any judgment pronounced after said repeal.
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