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GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Part IV - CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASESTitle II - PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter 276 - SEARCH WARRANTS, REWARDS, FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, ARREST, EXAMINATION, COMMITMENT AND BAIL. PROBATION OFFICERS AND BOARD OF PROBATION
Section 276:66 - Return of recognizance and examination taken by magistrate; order compelling; contempt

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276 § 66

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Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 276:66 - Return of recognizance and examination taken by magistrate; order compelling; contempt

A recognizance and examination taken by a magistrate under this chapter shall be certified and returned by him to the district attorney or to the clerk of the court before which the person charged is bound to appear, on or before the first day of the sitting thereof; and if he refuses or neglects to return the same, he may be compelled to do so forthwith by order of court, and, in case of disobedience, may be proceeded against as for contempt.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 66