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2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles
Section 224 - False Weights, Scales, etc.; False and Fraudulent Certificate; Collusion
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 94 § 224 (2019)
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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