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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XX — PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER · Chapter 140

Section 84: Wrong name or address of seller or pawner

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Section 84. Any person thus offering any tool for pawn or for sale who signs a wrong name or address shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. Any pawnbroker who knowingly writes the wrong name or address of a person thus offering a tool for sale or for pawn, or knowingly permits the signing of such wrong name or address, shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offence, and upon a second offence his license shall be revoked, and he shall not be permitted to conduct the business of pawnbroker in the commonwealth for one year.
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