{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276a-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 12","heading":"Discretionary authority to divert offender not limited by this chapter or Chapter 276B","body":"Section 12. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 276B shall limit or govern the authority of a district attorney or a police department to divert an offender or to require a district attorney or police department to accept an offender into a program that they operate.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 276A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter276A/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:20Z","sha256":"83734117e78b525f1ca0c924d71f68a6dc479a09514b7258e36aeb107d379536","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276a-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276b-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}