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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
Chapter 103: COMPLAINTS
15 §756. Recitation of ordinance or bylaws

Universal Citation:
15 ME Rev Stat § 756 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL HEADING: PL 1991, C. 402, §2 (RPR)

§756. Recitation of ordinance or bylaws

In any prosecution before the District Court for violation of an ordinance or bylaw of a city or town, or of any bylaw of a village corporation or local health officer, it shall not be necessary to recite such ordinance or bylaw in the complaint, or to allege the offense more particularly than in prosecutions under a general statute.

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