{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-27","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 27","heading":"Imposition of penalties","body":"Section 27. The district court may impose the same penalties as the superior court for all crimes of which they have jurisdiction, except that they may not impose a sentence to the state prison; provided, however, that the divisions of the juvenile court department shall have the authority to hear cases and impose penalties in accordance with the provisions of sections fifty-two through eighty-four of chapter one hundred and nineteen, and section one through nineteen of chapter one hundred and twenty.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 218"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter218/Section27","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:45Z","sha256":"b64aa62577b824990fa4945ab68970ba45977929bb3d649eece1e0769e392ea1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-26a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-27a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}