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Code · Massachusetts · Part III — COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES · Title VI — COSTS AND FEES · Chapter 262

Section 58: Penalty

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Section 58. Whoever receives a witness fee or allowance for increased necessary expenses in violation of any provision of the three preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. Every clerk of a court shall report forthwith to the district attorney for his county every violation of said sections which comes to his knowledge, and said district attorneys shall institute prosecutions therefor.
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