General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE I. JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS |
CHAPTER 4. STATUTES |
SECTION 1. Effective date of statutes |
SECTION 1A. Reorganization plans for executive department |
SECTION 2. Effective date of resolves |
SECTION 2A. Special legislative commissions |
SECTION 3. Enacting style of initiative measures |
SECTION 4. Mode of acceptance of statute by municipality or district |
SECTION 4A. Revocation of acceptance by towns of special acts |
SECTION 4B. Rescission of laws previously accepted by cities, towns or municipalities |
SECTION 5. Return showing action of body accepting or rejecting statute |
SECTION 6. Rules for construction of statutes |
SECTION 7. Definitions of statutory terms; statutory construction |
SECTION 7A. Amended by 1931, 394, Sec. 182 into a special act |
SECTION 8. Construction of special acts authorizing municipalities to incur indebtedness |
SECTION 9. Time for performance of acts performable on Sunday or holiday |
SECTION 9A. Recital giving unsealed instrument effect of sealed instrument; ''person'' defined |
SECTION 9B. Stamping seal on documents |
SECTION 10. Daylight saving time |
SECTION 11. Marginal references |
SECTION 12. Bi-partisan boards; political affiliations of members |
SECTION 13. Legal notices required to be published in newspapers; electronic publication |