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CHAPTER 761 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ARREST FOR AN ASSAULT AND BATTERY WHICH INVOLVES FAMILY ABUSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The first paragraph of section 6 of chapter 209A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 18, the word "nine A." and inserting in place thereof the following:- nine A; (7) arresting any person whom the officer has probable cause to believe has committed an assault and battery in violation of section thirteen A of chapter two hundred and sixty-five which involves abuse.

Approved January 14, 1988.