General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 136 Observance of a Common Day of Rest and Legal Holidays
- Massachusetts General Laws - Common day of rest; designation; citation - Chapter 136, Section 1
Sunday shall be a common day of rest. Sections one to eleven, inclusive, of this chapter may be cited as the Common Day of Rest
- Massachusetts General Laws - Presence at or engagement in certain unlicensed activities for which charge is made; penalty - Chapter 136, Section 2
Whoever on Sunday is present at or engages in dancing, except folk or square dancing, or any game, sport, fair, exposition, play, entertainment or public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Offering to view or promoting certain unlicensed activities; penalties - Chapter 136, Section 3
Whoever on Sunday offers to view, sets up, establishes or maintains, or attempts to set up, establish or maintain, or promotes or assists in such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - License; application; issuance; fee; revocation, etc.; application of section - Chapter 136, Section 4
(1) The mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town, upon written application describing the proposed dancing or game, sport, fair, exposition, play,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conducting business on Sunday; penalty - Chapter 136, Section 5
Whoever on Sunday keeps open his shop, warehouse, factory or other place of business, or sells foodstuffs, goods, wares, merchandise or real estate, or does...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Limitation of operation of Sec. 5 - Chapter 136, Section 6
Section five shall not prohibit the following: (1) Any manner of labor, business or work not performed for material compensation; provided, no public nuisance is...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Permit for performance of necessary work or labor; fees - Chapter 136, Section 7
The police commissioner of the city of Boston, or any member of the police department having a rank not lower than that of captain and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeal from denial of work permit - Chapter 136, Section 7A
In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section when an application for a permit has been denied under the provisions of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Service or execution of process - Chapter 136, Section 8
Civil process shall not be served or executed on Sunday, and such service if made shall be void, and the person who serves or executes...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prosecution for violations; limitation period - Chapter 136, Section 9
Prosecution for violations of sections two, three or five shall be commenced within six months after the offense was committed.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Equitable relief; jurisdiction of superior court - Chapter 136, Section 10
In addition to any criminal penalty herein provided the attorney general, a district attorney, a mayor or city manager and city council, or the board...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tort actions; defenses - Chapter 136, Section 11
The provisions of sections one to ten, inclusive, shall not constitute a defense to an action for a tort or injury suffered by a person...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public offices; closing - Chapter 136, Section 12
The public offices shall be closed on all legal holidays except March seventeenth, May twentieth, and June seventeenth; provided, however, in Suffolk county such offices...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application of Secs. 5 to 11; exceptions - Chapter 136, Section 13
The provisions of sections five to eleven, inclusive, shall, except as provided in section fourteen, apply to all legal holidays, except January first, the third...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sporting events; laundry; transport of goods; tourist trade; licensing certain events; fees - Chapter 136, Section 14
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, dancing or any game, sport, fair, exposition, play, entertainment or public diversion, including events authorized under...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Permit for performance of necessary work or labor; fees - Chapter 136, Section 15
The persons or boards designated in section seven may, with respect to any legal holiday to which the provisions of sections five to eleven, inclusive,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Retail stores and shops; Sunday and holiday opening - Chapter 136, Section 16
All stores and shops which sell goods at retail may be open at any time on Sundays and on Memorial Day, July Fourth and Labor...
Last modified: September 11, 2015