{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-98-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, § 24","heading":"Penalty for unauthorized marking","body":"Section 24. Whoever violates any provision of sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and whoever marks a container or other measure, or procures the same to be marked or has printed thereon or procures to have marked or printed thereon, a mark, number or designation without the approval or authority of the deputy director, except as provided in section twenty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 98"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter98/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:14Z","sha256":"8209cff392e67c9d31ac049acc568bdd035ea85d26be6c11948fb9908d09971f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-98-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-98-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}