{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-136-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, § 2","heading":"Sports, games and entertainment on Sunday; presence at or engagement in certain unlicensed activities for which charge is made; penalty","body":"Section 2. Whoever on Sunday is present at or engages in dancing, except folk or square dancing, or any game, sport, fair, exposition, play, entertainment or public diversion for which a charge in the form of the payment or collection of money or other valuable consideration is made for the privilege of being present thereat or engaging therein, and for which a license has not been granted under the provisions of section two of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A or as provided in section four, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 136"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter136/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:14Z","sha256":"cf917bb0863b6dc9bace60529d2b250436e237ce9b914f506f5e64739efb9aad","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-136-1","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-136-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}