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Code · Massachusetts · Part IV — CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES · Title I — THE GENERAL LAWS, AND EXPRESS REPEAL OF CERTAIN ACTS AND RESOLVES · Chapter 266

Section 27: Tools of contractors, builders or mechanics; stealing; penalty

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Section 27. Whoever steals any tool belonging to any contractor, builder or mechanic from any building during the course of its construction, completion, alteration or repair, shall, for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both.
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