{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-54","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 54","heading":"Handcuffing committed witnesses to accused persons; transporting together","body":"Section 54. An officer who, having the custody of a witness committed because of his failure to furnish sureties, causes or permits him to be handcuffed to a person, held in custody, charged with or sentenced for crime, or to be transported within a city to or from any court or prison in a vehicle with such person, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 276"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter276/Section54","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:19Z","sha256":"da39311a60cb4f325bab4123f2062cca1b904e728b753fd28cc58b697cb906e7","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-53","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}