{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 12","heading":"Procuring person to practice, or enter a place for, prostitution; employment office procuring person","body":"Section 12. Whoever knowingly procures, entices, sends, or aids or abets in procuring, enticing or sending, a person to practice prostitution, or to enter as an inmate or a servant a house of ill fame or other place resorted to for prostitution, whether within or without the commonwealth, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years. Whoever as a proprietor or keeper of an employment agency, either personally or through an agent or employee, procures or sends a person to enter as aforesaid a house of ill fame or other place resorted to for prostitution, the character of which on reasonable inquiry could have been ascertained by him, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:16Z","sha256":"5d440cbd459a631dd7c5970072eeb6f66269d25b7e1a268f920a0cd1cb7e0081","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}