{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-179","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 179","heading":"Minors admitted to places of business","body":"Section 179. The keeper of a billiard, pool or sippio room or table, or place in which pictures are displayed upon the deposit of money in a coin controlled apparatus, who admits a minor under the age of eighteen thereto without the written consent of his parent or guardian, or the keeper of a bowling alley in which alcoholic beverages are sold who admits thereto a minor under the age of sixteen without such consent, shall forfeit ten dollars for the first and twenty dollars for each subsequent offence.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section179","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:20Z","sha256":"ff4308f6c190dcea789e954e38bc6c987c9a82d7de1d39761b2b22fccbff2c17","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-178","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}