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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, § 9 (2026)

Time for performance of acts performable on Sunday or holiday

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Section 9. Except as otherwise provided, when the day or the last day for the performance of any act, including the making of any payment or tender of payment, authorized or required by statute or by contract, falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, the act may, unless it is specifically authorized or required to be performed on Sunday or on a legal holiday, be performed on the next succeeding business day.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases, 1928–2018 · leading case: Ins. Rating Bd. v. Comm'r of Ins., 248 N.E.2d 500 (Mass. 1969).
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Ins. Rating Bd. v. Comm'r of Ins., 248 N.E.2d 500 (Mass. 1969). · cites it 2× “The only proceeding initiated within twenty days after November 25, 1968, was the petition for declaratory relief mentioned in the first paragraph of the opinion (seasonably filed on December 16, 1968, because December 15 was a Sunday; see G.L.c. 4, § 9). Paragraph 22 of that…”
Mahoney v. DeMatteo-Flatiron LLP, 844 N.E.2d 1122 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 3× “A judge of the Superior Court allowed the motion, rejecting the plaintiffs contentions that (i) the limitation period did not begin to run until the day following his injuries, (ii) the three-year limitation period accordingly ran until June 6, 2004, and (iii) since June 6,…”
Tamerlane Corp. v. Warwick Ins., 590 N.E.2d 191 (Mass. 1992). “The plaintiffs’ final argument is that, because the effective date of cancellation fell on a Sunday (October 1, 1989), the provisions of G. L. c. 4, § 9 (1990 ed.), extended the policy to the following Monday (October 2, 1989).”
Imperiali v. Pica, 156 N.E.2d 44 (Mass. 1959). “G. L. c. 4, § 9. Thus the insured had an additional day in which to act.”
Holmes v. Anderson, 114 N.E.3d 982 (Mass. App. Ct. 2018). “See G. L. c. 4, § 9. 7 To the extent that the plaintiff protests that he should have been allowed to make a showing of excusable neglect to justify an enlargement of time, the argument is misplaced; he has presented no evidence of excusable neglect and, as we have observed,…”
M. DeMatteo Constr. Co. v. Daggett, 168 N.E.2d 276 (Mass. 1960). “See G. L. c. 4, § 9. By that time there had been no final indication of any action by or in behalf of Daggett upon Construction’s March 15 proposals.”
Muldoon v. West End Chevrolet, Inc., 153 N.E.2d 887 (Mass. 1958). “213, § 4, as it then stood (see foonote 3, supra), in connection with G. L. c. 4, § 9. It concluded that the “implication of these statutes is that, so far as performance of business connected with the courts is concerned, legal holidays stand on the same footing as does the…”
Grant v. Pizzano, 163 N.E. 162 (Mass. 1928). “Therefore the defendant might appeal as late as November 21, 1927, under G. L. c. 4, § 9, whereby it is provided that, when the last day for the performance of any act falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, it may be performed ■ on the next succeeding business day, unless otherwise…”
Miller v. City of Boston, 522 N.E.2d 8 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). · cites it 2× “falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, the act may, unless it is specifically authorized or required to be performed on Sunday or on a legal holiday, be performed on the next succeeding business day” (emphasis supplied).”
Sears v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 341 N.E.2d 264 (Mass. 1975). “See G. L. c. 4, § 9. 14 The motion of the plaintiffs in the Sears case for an order directing the State secretary to accept nomination papers up to and including December 16, 1975 (one week after the effective date of c.”
E. Tank of Peabody, Inc. v. Moore, 1986 Mass. App. Div. 58 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1986). “” See also, G.L. c.4, §9; Grant v. Pizzaro, 264 Mass.”
Dutton v. Bennett, 159 N.E. 524 (Mass. 1928). “Therefore, under G. L. c. 4, § 9, the payment might be made on October 9.”
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