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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 47 (2026)

Telephones; gambling convictions; approval for installation; notices of convictions and removals

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Section 47. A telephone shall not be installed for a person convicted of an illegal gaming activity under this chapter without the approval in writing of the head of both the police department of the municipality in which such telephone would be installed and the head of the criminal information section of the state police, and a telephone shall not be reinstalled without such approval for a period of one year from the date of removal in any premises from which it has been removed for such illegal activity, whether or not there has been a conviction. The criminal information section shall notify the telephone companies of convictions in such cases, and telephone companies doing business in the commonwealth shall notify the criminal information section of the state police of any such removals.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1980–2014 · leading case: Abdow v. Attorney Gen., 468 Mass. 478 (Mass. 2014).
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Abdow v. Attorney Gen., 468 Mass. 478 (Mass. 2014). “271, § 22 (punishing receipt and delivery of certain letters and packages connected to illegal gaming); G. L. c. 271, § 47 (placing restrictions on installation of telephones for persons convicted of illegal gaming).”
Assad v. New England Tel. & Tel. Co., 2 Mass. Supp. 142 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1980). · cites it 4× “In support of their requests for a preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs make two principal contentions: (1) that the language of both G.L. c. 271, § 47 and the defendant telephone company's regulation does not apply to the plaintiffs; and (2) that the regulation, by failing to…”
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