{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-36a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 36A","heading":"Sporting events; penalty for abuse of participants and officials","body":"Section 36A. Whoever, having arrived at the age of sixteen years, directs any profane, obscene or impure language or slanderous statement at a participant or an official in a sporting event, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section36A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:17Z","sha256":"33fa176e31f999e3113baea39142182193f6e54a27d2bdaba16e913baa582eec","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-36","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}