2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Title II - Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Chapter 276a - District Court Pretrial Diversion of Selected Offenders
Section 12 - Discretionary Authority to Divert Offender Not Limited by This Chapter or Chapter 276b

Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 276a § 12 (2019)

Section 12. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 276B shall limit or govern the authority of a district attorney or a police department to divert an offender or to require a district attorney or police department to accept an offender into a program that they operate.

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