{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-93-18","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 18","heading":"False statements to stock exchanges; penalty","body":"Section 18. An officer of a mining corporation who makes a false statement, knowing the same to be false, in an application to any stock exchange to list the shares of such corporation shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 93"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter93/Section18","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:55Z","sha256":"3a25b1f98b3c9fe100ae860c2a0e24a903841a6d8211f3a2727d9244deaf1af4","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-93-17","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-93-18a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}