{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-94c-39","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 39","heading":"Violation of Secs. 21 or 22","body":"Section 39. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of sections twenty-one or twenty-two shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more that fifteen hundred dollars, or by both. Whoever violates any of the provisions of said sections after one or more prior convictions of a violation of any provision of this chapter, or of a provision of prior law relating to narcotic drugs or harmful drugs as defined in said prior law shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or both.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 94C"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter94C/Section39","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:12Z","sha256":"46c0c295edbb40982678132cb1cee5ef9949252a58c9299acebf4a8095956cda","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-94c-38","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-94c-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}