SECTION 1. Attorney general; supervision of department; salary; qualifications; other sources of income

SECTION 2. Assistants and employees; appointment; duties; compensation; tenure; vacancies

SECTION 2A. Attorney general; disability; filling vacancies

SECTION 2B. Annual personnel report

SECTION 3. Appearances for commonwealth, prosecution or defense; rendering of legal services; payment of expenses for representation of department of transportation

SECTION 3A to 3D. Repealed, 1978, 512, Sec. 1

SECTION 3E. Defense of actions against officers or employees

SECTION 4. Claims of commonwealth; enforcement

SECTION 4A. Acceptance of gifts or grants of money or property

SECTION 5. Civil actions to recover money for commonwealth

SECTION 5A. False claims; definitions applicable to Secs. 5A to 5O

SECTION 5B. False claims; liability

SECTION 5C. Violations under Secs. 5B to 5O; investigation by attorney general; relators; civil actions

SECTION 5D. Prosecution by attorney general; relator's right to continue as party to action

SECTION 5E. Alternate remedies available to determine civil penalty

SECTION 5F. Payments to relators; limitations

SECTION 5G. Actions brought against governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state, etc.; jurisdiction

SECTION 5H. Money recovered by commonwealth; false claims prosecution fund

SECTION 5I. Awards of attorney general fees and expenses; awards of costs and attorney fees against relators; liability

SECTION 5J. Employers preventing employees from acting to further false claim actions; liability

SECTION 5K. Limitation of actions; intervention by attorney general; final judgments in criminal proceedings

SECTION 5L. Preponderance of the evidence standard

SECTION 5M. Rules, regulations or guidelines; attorney general

SECTION 5N. Civil investigative demands; attorney general

SECTION 5O. Agency reporting requirements

SECTION 6. Consultation with and giving of advice and assistance to district attorneys

SECTION 6A. Conferences of district attorneys and other officials; notification as to new laws

SECTION 7. Persons intruding on land, property or rights of commonwealth; prosecution

SECTION 8. Due application of charity funds enforced

SECTION 8A. Definitions applicable to Secs. 8A to 8M

SECTION 8B. Division of public charities; duties

SECTION 8C. Director of public charities; designation

SECTION 8D. Employees; appointment and removal

SECTION 8E. Charitable corporations; registration by filing of information; exceptions; penalties; enforcement

SECTION 8F. Annual reports of public charities; financial statements; fees; penalties; enforcement

SECTION 8G. Attorney general as a party; service

SECTION 8H. Investigations by attorney general

SECTION 8I. Compliance with investigations; enforcement; penalties

SECTION 8J. Rules and regulations

SECTION 8K. Gift for public charitable purpose; presumed intention

SECTION 8L. Fiscal records

SECTION 8M. Public records; inspection

SECTION 8N. Fees, costs, penalties and other monies; general fund

SECTION 9. Advice and aid to general court and committees

SECTION 10. Violations of court orders; restraint of trade; institution of investigations and appropriate actions

SECTION 11. Annual report of cases handled

SECTION 11A. Division of civil rights and liberties

SECTION 11B. Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; obscene literature commission

SECTION 11C. Narcotic and harmful drugs; training program for law enforcement officers

SECTION 11D. Division of environmental protection

SECTION 11E. Public utilities; office of ratepayer advocacy; intervention in legal proceedings on behalf of consumers; expenditure of funds; expert or consultant; information requests

SECTION 11F. Insurance companies; intervention in legal proceedings on behalf of consumers; expenditure of funds

SECTION 11G. Local consumer aid fund; eligibility for assistance

SECTION 11H. Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by attorney general; venue; compensatory damages; fees and costs; civil penalties

SECTION 11I. Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by aggrieved persons; costs and fees

SECTION 11J. Violations of constitutional rights; temporary restraining orders and injunctions; violations; punishment; vacation of order

SECTION 11K. Division of victim compensation and assistance

SECTION 11L. Unlicensed mental health and unlicensed health professionals; sexual contact with patients or clients; temporary restraining order, injunction; violation; penalty

SECTION 11M. Division of gaming enforcement

SECTION 11N. Monitoring health care market trends; investigation of unfair methods of competition or anti-competitive behavior; exemption or waiver from federal law

SECTION 12. District attorneys; qualifications; election; term; appearances

SECTION 13. Districts for administration of criminal law or defense of civil actions

SECTION 14. Repealed, 1987, 723, Sec. 1

SECTION 15. Practice of law prohibited; salary

SECTION 16. Salaries of assistant district attorneys

SECTION 17. Repealed, 1923, 398, Sec. 3

SECTION 18. Appointment of an assistant to district attorney; compensation

SECTION 19. Suffolk district; appointment of messengers and other employees

SECTION 20. Additional legal assistants; tenure; compensation; powers

SECTION 20A. Suffolk and Northern districts; special assistant district attorney, appointment and removal; duties; power; salary

SECTION 20B. Repealed, 1975, 835, Sec. 3

SECTION 20C. Special assistant district attorneys; appointment, removal and salary; participation in federal demonstration programs

SECTION 20D. District Attorneys Association; executive director; report on criminally prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases

SECTION 21. Suffolk district; police and detective service

SECTION 22. Clerical and stenographic workers

SECTION 23. Payment for traveling expenses; exceptions

SECTION 24. Expenses payable by commonwealth

SECTION 25. Advanced expenses; conditions; vouchers

SECTION 25A. Advance of expenses necessary in performance of duties; limitation; accounting; unexpended balance

SECTION 26. Court appointment of substitute in absence of attorney general and district attorney

SECTION 27. District attorneys; duties; control of attorney general

SECTION 28. Suits on recognizances; discontinuance

SECTION 29. Accounting for fees, bills of costs and money received

SECTION 30. Fees for services in performance of duty; appearance in civil action

SECTION 31. Repealed, 1975, 10, Sec. 4

SECTION 32. Community based juvenile justice programs; district attorneys

SECTION 33. Domestic violence and sexual violence training program for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys

SECTION 34. Pre-arraignment diversion program