{"id":"DUT-MA-012","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)","authority":"Massachusetts Constitution, Part II, c. 1, s. 1, art. 4 and the emergency-law provisions of amend. art. 48","instrument":"St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A","title":"An Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile Action","dateIssued":"1950-07-20","effective":"1950-07-20 (emergency law); standing as amended","end":"standing","startDate":"1950-07-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER","CLOSE","GATH","STAY"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of property; all businesses and organizations addressed by the Governor\u0027s orders"],"clause":"Whoever violates any provision of any such executive order or general regulation issued or promulgated by the governor, for the violation of which no other penalty is provided by law, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.","enforcement":"Imprisonment up to one year, fine up to $500, or both, for violating any executive order or general regulation under the Act (s. 8), recited in COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Ex. MA-008)","functions":[],"notes":"Section 7: during a declared state of emergency the Governor \u0027shall have and may exercise any and all authority over persons and property, necessary or expedient for meeting said state of emergency,\u0027 including \u0027policing, protection or preservation of all property, public or private, by the owner or person in control thereof\u0027 and \u0027regulating the sale of articles of food\u0027; section 8: violation of any executive order or general regulation is a crime; section 8A: \u0027Any provision of any general or special law or of any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law to the extent that such provision is inconsistent with any order or regulation issued or promulgated under this act shall be inoperative while such order or such last-mentioned regulation is in effect.\u0027 Section 1 defines civil defense to reach disasters caused \u0027by fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/55800/1950acts0639.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":757544,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-012","citation":"General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law), St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-012)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-020","MA-001","MA-008","DUT-MA-021"]}