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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Title I - Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 265 - Crimes Against the Person
- Section 1 - Murder Defined
- Section 2 - Punishment for Murder; Parole; Executive Clemency
- Section 3 - Duel; Wound Without and Death Within State; Venue
- Section 4 - Accessory in Duel
- Section 5 - Duel; Conviction or Acquittal in Foreign State; Effect
- Section 6 To 8 - Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 2
- Section 9 - Prize Fighting; Engaging
- Section 10 - Prize Fight; Aiding or Promoting; Penalty
- Section 11 - Prize Fight; Appointment Within and Fight Without State; Penalty
- Section 12 - Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts or Other Unarmed Combative Sporting Matches or Sparring Exhibitions; Penalty
- Section 13 - Manslaughter; Punishment; Business Organization as Defendant
- Section 13 1/2 - Punishment for Manslaughter While Operating a Motor Vehicle
- Section 13a - Assault or Assault and Battery; Punishment
- Section 13b - Indecent Assault and Battery on Child Under Age of 14; Penalties
- Section 13b1/2 - Commission of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14 During Commission of Certain Offenses or by Mandated Reporters; Penalties
- Section 13b3/4 - Commission of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14 by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties
- Section 13c - Assault and Battery to Collect Loan; Penalty
- Section 13d - Assault and Battery Upon Public Employees; Attempt to Disarm Police Officer; Assault and Battery Upon a Police Officer; Penalties
- Section 13d1/2 - Firefighters, Injuries Resulting From Criminal Offenses; Penalty
- Section 13e - Repealed, 1971, 1011, Sec. 2
- Section 13f - Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person With an Intellectual Disability; Assault and Battery
- Section 13g - Commission of a Felony for Hire; Additional Punishment
- Section 13h - Indecent Assault and Battery on Person Fourteen or Older; Penalties
- Section 13h1/2 - Indecent Assault and Battery Committed by Law Enforcement Officers on Certain Vulnerable Persons in Their Custody
- Section 13i - Assault or Assault and Battery on Emergency Medical Technician, Ambulance Operator, Ambulance Attendant or Health Care Provider
- Section 13j - Assault and Battery Upon a Child; Penalties
- Section 13k - Assault and Battery Upon an Elderly or Disabled Person; Definitions; Penalties
- Section 13l - Wanton or Reckless Behavior Creating a Risk of Serious Bodily Injury or Sexual Abuse to a Child; Duty to Act; Penalty
- Section 13m - Assault or Assault and Battery on a Family or Household Member; Second or Subsequent Offense; Penalty
- Section 13n - Transmission of Conviction Information for Misdemeanor Offense Having as Element the Use or Attempted Use of Physical Force or the Threatened Use of Deadly Weapon Where Victim or Intended Victim Was Family or Household Member to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services
- Section 14 - Mayhem; Punishment
- Section 15 - Assault; Intent to Murder or Maim; Penalty
- Section 15a - Assault and Battery With Dangerous Weapon; Victim Sixty or Older; Punishment; Subsequent Offenses
- Section 15b - Assault With Dangerous Weapon; Victim Sixty or Older; Punishment; Subsequent Offenses
- Section 15c - Assault by Means of Hypodermic Syringe or Needle; Assault and Battery by Means of Hypodermic Syringe or Needle
- Section 15d - Strangulation or Suffocation; Penalty; Aggravating Factors; Batterer's Intervention Program
- Section 15e - Assault and Battery by Discharge of Firearm, Large Capacity Weapon, Rifle, Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun or Machine Gun; Penalty
- Section 15f - Attempt to Commit Assault and Battery by Discharge of Firearm, Large Capacity Weapon, Rifle, Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun or Machine Gun; Penalty
- Section 16 - Attempt to Murder
- Section 17 - Armed Robbery; Punishment
- Section 18 - Assault With Intent to Rob or Murder; Weapons; Punishment; Victim Sixty Years or Older; Minimum Sentence for Repeat Offenders
- Section 18a - Dangerous Weapon; Assault in Dwelling House; Punishment
- Section 18b - Use of Firearms While Committing a Felony; Second or Subsequent Offenses; Punishment
- Section 18c - Entry of Dwelling Place; Persons Present Within; Weapons; Punishment
- Section 19 - Robbery by Unarmed Person; Punishment; Victim Sixty or Older; Minimum Sentence for Repeat Offenders
- Section 20 - Simple Assault; Intent to Rob or Steal; Punishment
- Section 21 - Stealing by Confining or Putting in Fear
- Section 21a - Assault, Confinement, Etc. of Person for Purpose of Stealing Motor Vehicle; Weapons; Punishment
- Section 22 - Rape, Generally; Weapons; Punishment; Eligibility for Furlough, Education, Training or Employment Programs; Offenses Committed by Law Enforcement Officer Against Person in His or Her Custody
- Section 22a - Rape of Child; Punishment
- Section 22b - Rape of a Child During Commission of Certain Offenses or by Use of Force; Penalties
- Section 22c - Rape of a Child Through Use of Force by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties
- Section 23 - Rape and Abuse of Child
- Section 23a - Rape and Abuse of Child Aggravated by Age Difference Between Defendant and Victim or by When Committed by Mandated Reporters; Penalties
- Section 23b - Rape and Abuse of Child by Certain Previously Convicted Offenders; Penalties
- Section 24 - Assault With Intent to Commit Rape; Weapons; Punishment; Eligibility for Furloughs, Education, Training or Employment Programs
- Section 24a - Venue
- Section 24b - Assault of Child; Intent to Commit Rape; Weapons; Punishment
- Section 24c - Victim's Name; Confidentiality
- Section 25 - Attempted Extortion; Punishment
- Section 26 - Kidnapping; Weapons; Child Under Age 16; Punishment
- Section 26a - Kidnapping of Minor or Incompetent by Relative; Punishment
- Section 26b - Drugging Persons for Kidnapping
- Section 26c - Definition of ''entice''; Enticement of Child Under Age 16; Punishment
- Section 26d - Enticement of Child Under Age 18 to Engage in Prostitution, Human Trafficking or Commercial Sexual Activity
- Section 27 - Kidnapping; Venue
- Section 27a - Kidnapping of Minor or Incompetent by Relative; Venue
- Section 28 - Poison; Use With Intent to Injure; Punishment
- Section 29 - Assault; Intent to Commit Felony; Punishment
- Section 30 - Gross Negligence; Persons Having Care of Common Carrier; Penalty
- Section 31 - Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 2
- Section 32 - Glass; Throwing in Public Streets and Beaches; Penalty
- Section 33 - Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 2
- Section 34 - Tattooing Body of Person by Other Than Qualified Physician; Punishment
- Section 35 - Throwing or Dropping Objects Onto Public Way; Punishment
- Section 36 - Throwing or Dropping Objects at Sporting Events; Punishment
- Section 37 - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Punishment
- Section 38 - Repealed, 2004, 501, Sec. 9
- Section 39 - Assault or Battery for Purpose of Intimidation; Weapons; Punishment
- Section 40 - Causing Serious Bodily Injury to Participants in Physical Exercise Training Programs; Punishment
- Section 41 - Sentence Not Imposing Imprisonment; Specific Reasons in Record
- Section 42 - Use of Radios Without Earphones on Public Conveyances; Punishment
- Section 43 - Stalking; Punishment
- Section 43a - Criminal Harassment; Punishment
- Section 44 - Coercion of Child Under Eighteen Into Criminal Conspiracy; Penalties
- Section 45 - Community Parole Supervision for Life Following Imprisonment, Probation or Treatment Center Sentence; Covered Offenses
- Section 46 - Taking From Deceased Victim's Estate Prohibited
- Section 47 - Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Certain Sex Offender Probationers
- Section 48 - Ice Cream Truck Vending by Sex Offender Prohibited
- Section 49 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49 to 57
- Section 50 - Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude; Trafficking of Persons Under 18 Years for Sexual Servitude; Trafficking by Business Entities; Penalties; Tort Actions Brought by Victims
- Section 51 - Trafficking of Persons for Forced Service; Victims Under 18 Years; Trafficking by Business Entities; Penalties; Tort Actions Brought by Victims
- Section 52 - Subsequent Violations of Sec. 50 or 51; Penalties; Evidence of Prior Adjudication or Conviction
- Section 53 - Organ Trafficking; Victims Under 18 Years; Penalties
- Section 54 - Transmittal of Fines to State Treasurer
- Section 55 - Forfeiture of Funds Used to Facilitate Violation of Sec. 50 or 51; Victim Restitution
- Section 56 - Property Subject to Forfeiture Resulting From Violations of Secs. 50 or 51; Procedure; Exceptions; Records; Preliminary Orders for Seizure; Referral to Office of Seized Property Management; Homestead Exemptions; Recording of Certificate of Fact of Final Judgment
- Section 57 - Victim of Human Trafficking as Affirmative Defense to Charges of Common Night Walking or Common Streetwalking
- Section 58 - Possession of Deceptive Weapon Device During Commission of Violent Crime; Penalty
- Section 59 - Human Trafficking Victimization as Affirmative Defense to Certain Offenses; Grounds to Vacate Conviction, Adjudication of Delinquency or Continuance Without Finding and to Withdraw Guilty Plea
- Section 60 - Female Genital Mutilation; Definitions; Penalties; Defenses
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