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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 141, § 5 (2026)

Engagement in business or work without compliance with statutes; enforcement

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Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation, or employee thereof, and any representative, member or officer of such firm or corporation individually, entering upon or engaging in the business and work hereinbefore defined, without having complied with this chapter, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,500, for a second offence by a fine of not less than $1,500 and not more than $2,000 and for each subsequent offence by a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $2,500 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for six months, or both.

The examiners and the inspectors of wires in each city and town, as defined in section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-six, shall be charged with the enforcement of this chapter. They shall have all necessary powers to require compliance therewith, including the power to institute and prosecute proceedings in the superior court department of the trial court.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1974–1985 · leading case: Simon v. State Examiners of Electricians, 479 N.E.2d 649 (Mass. 1985).
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Simon v. State Examiners of Electricians, 479 N.E.2d 649 (Mass. 1985). · cites it 2× “The plaintiffs engage in the business of installing wires *254 to carry electricity for power purposes, and therefore they are required to be licensed and to otherwise comply with rule 2.”
Simon v. State Examiners of Electricians, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 17 (Mass. App. Ct. 1984). “A judgment entered declaring that the regulation “is invalid in its application to each of the plaintiffs” and permanently enjoining the board from enforcing, civilly or criminally (see G. L. c. 141, § 5), the regulation against any of the plaintiffs.”
Maria v. State Examiners of Electricians, 313 N.E.2d 448 (Mass. 1974). “G. L. c. 141, § 5. A strict interpretation of G.”
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