General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 264 Crimes Against Governments

• Massachusetts General Laws - Treason defined - Chapter 264, Section 1
  Treason against the commonwealth shall consist only in levying war against it, or in adhering to the enemies thereof, giving them aid and comfort; it...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Penalty for treason - Chapter 264, Section 2
  Whoever commits treason against the commonwealth shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Misprision of treason; penalty - Chapter 264, Section 3
  Whoever, having knowledge of the commission of treason, conceals the same and does not as soon as may be disclose and make known such treason...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Treason; manner of conviction - Chapter 264, Section 4
  No person shall be convicted of treason except by the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act of treason whereof he stands indicted,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Flag; penalty for misuse - Chapter 264, Section 5
  Whoever publicly burns or otherwise mutilates, tramples upon, defaces or treats contemptuously the flag of the United States or of Massachusetts, whether such flag is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Flag; use in print in certain cases - Chapter 264, Section 6
  The preceding section shall not apply to publications issued solely for the purpose of giving information in relation to the flag, or of promoting patriotism...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Foreign flags; misuse; penalty - Chapter 264, Section 7
  Whoever publicly mutilates, tramples upon, defaces or treats contemptuously the flag or emblem of a foreign country at peace with the United States, whether such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Foreign flag; display; penalty; exception - Chapter 264, Section 8
  Whoever displays the flag or emblem of a foreign country upon the outside of a state, county, city or town building or public schoolhouse shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - National anthem; manner of playing - Chapter 264, Section 9
  Whoever plays, sings or renders the “Star Spangled Banner” in any public place, theatre, motion picture hall, restaurant or café, or at any public entertainment,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 1 - Chapter 264, Section 10
  Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Uniforms; penalty for unlawful use - Chapter 264, Section 10A
  Whoever wears the uniform, or any distinctive part thereof, of the United States army, navy, marine corps, revenue cutter service, or coast guard, or of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Promotion of anarchy; prohibition - Chapter 264, Section 11
  Whoever by speech or by exhibition, distribution or promulgation of any written or printed document, paper or pictorial representation advocates, advises, counsels or incites assault...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1954, 584, Sec. 2 - Chapter 264, Section 12
  Repealed, 1954, 584, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1951, 805, Sec. 1 - Chapter 264, Section 13
  Repealed, 1951, 805, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 30 - Chapter 264, Section 14
  Repealed, 1986,
• Massachusetts General Laws - Educational activities; participation; exchange teachers; necessity of oath - Chapter 264, Section 14A
  Any city or town of the commonwealth may, through its school committee, participate in the educational activities under the United States Educational Program conducted by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 30 - Chapter 264, Section 15
  Repealed, 1986,
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organization defined - Chapter 264, Section 16
  The term “subversive organization” as used in sections seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three of this chapter shall mean any form of association of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Communist Party - Chapter 264, Section 16A
  The Communist Party is hereby declared to be a subversive organization.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organizations; prohibition - Chapter 264, Section 17
  A subversive organization is hereby declared to be unlawful.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organizations; actions to enjoin; duty of attorney general - Chapter 264, Section 18
  The attorney general shall bring an action in the superior court by an information or petition in equity against any organization which he has reasonable...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organization; knowingly becoming or remaining member; penalty - Chapter 264, Section 19
  Any person who becomes or remains a member of any organization knowing it to be a subversive organization shall be punished by imprisonment in the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public office; ineligibility of certain persons; removal of disability - Chapter 264, Section 20
  No person who has been convicted of a violation of the provisions of section eleven, nineteen or twenty-three shall be eligible to election or appointment...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organizations; destruction or concealment of books; penalty - Chapter 264, Section 21
  Whoever destroys or conceals books, records, files, membership lists or funds belonging to an organization which he knows to be a subversive organization shall be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organization; knowingly permitting to use building; penalty - Chapter 264, Section 22
  Whoever being in charge of an auditorium, hall or other building shall knowingly permit it to be used by the Communist Party or by an...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subversive organizations; contribution; penalty - Chapter 264, Section 23
  Whoever contributes money or any other property having a value in money to an organization which he knows to be a subversive organization shall be...

Last modified: September 11, 2015