Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, § 2 (2026)
Sports, games and entertainment on Sunday; presence at or engagement in certain unlicensed activities for which charge is made; penalty
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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 diversion for which a charge in the form of the payment or collection of money or other valuable consideration is made for the privilege of being present thereat or engaging therein, and for which a license has not been granted under the provisions of section two of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A or as provided in section four, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1977–1977 · leading case: Town of Foxborough v. Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n, 366 N.E.2d 773 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977).
Town of Foxborough v. Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n, 366 N.E.2d 773 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977). “Nor need we discuss the relationship between the sections listed under the heading “Sports, Games and Entertainment on Sunday,” G. L. c. 136, §§ 2, 3 and 4, and the sections under the heading “Business, Trade, Labor or Work on Sunday” 6 (e.”
Foxborough v. Bay State Harness Horse Racing, 366 N.E.2d 773 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977). “Nor need we discuss the relationship between the sections listed under the heading " Sports, Games and Entertainment on Sunday, " G.L.c. 136, §§ 2, 3 and 4, and the sections under the heading " Business, Trade, Labor or Work on Sunday " [6] (e.”
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