Massachusetts § 224 False weights, scales, etc.; false and fraudulent certificate; collusion

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§ 224 — False weights, scales, etc.; false and fraudulent certificate; collusion

Massachusetts § 224

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 94INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 224 (2026).

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Section 224. If a weigher or deputy weigher uses, or has in his possession with intent to use, for the purposes provided in sections two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twenty-two, inclusive, any false weight, scale, balance or other instrument for weighing, or colludes with the purchaser or seller with intent to defraud the other party, or makes and utters a false and fraudulent certificate under sections two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twenty-two, inclusive, he may be removed from office by the aldermen or selectmen, and shall also on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

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Section 224. If a weigher or deputy weigher uses, or has in his possession with intent to use, for the purposes provided in sections two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twenty-two, inclusive, any false weight, scale, balance or other instrument for weighing, or colludes with the purchaser or seller with intent to defraud the other party, or makes and utters a false and fraudulent certificate under sections two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twenty-two, inclusive, he may be removed from office by the aldermen or selectmen, and shall also on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

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