{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-38","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 38","heading":"Editorial support; payment for or receipt of payment","body":"Section 38. No person shall pay the owner, editor, publisher, or agent of a newspaper or other periodical to induce him editorially to advocate or oppose any candidate for public office or political principle, or any question submitted to the voters; and no such owner, editor, publisher, or agent shall accept such payment. This section shall not apply to the outright purchase of such newspaper or periodical.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section38","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"28522c7ebb996677c1e9ca3884bf4484bfe5a08590b18fdea171f0c11cf7f137","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-37","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-39"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}