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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  3. Title II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  4. Chapter 279 JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
  5. Section 7 Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine

Section 7

Section 7: Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine

Section 7. Whoever is convicted of a crime punishable by a fine, and is liable to imprisonment in the jail for its non-payment, may be sentenced to such imprisonment in the house of correction, or to confinement at hard labor either in the jail or house of correction.