Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 7 (2026)
Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine
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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.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1983–1983 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Graham, 445 N.E.2d 1043 (Mass. 1983).
Commonwealth v. Graham, 445 N.E.2d 1043 (Mass. 1983). “279, § 31, to give meaning to the punishment provision in G.L.c. 279, § 7. "[W]e do not think that the Legislature would repeal by implication the Commonwealth's basic sentencing structure.”
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