Massachusetts § 93 - Employment contrary to statute; taking minor to school; reporting evidence to court or justice; complaint; violation of statute
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 93 — Employment contrary to statute; taking minor to school; reporting evidence to court or justice; complaint; violation of statute, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 93. Employment contrary to statute; taking minor to school; reporting evidence to court or justice; complaint; violation of statute
Section 93. A supervisor of attendance shall apprehend and take to school, without a warrant, any minor employed in any factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or in any theatre or place of public exhibition contrary to this chapter; and such supervisor of attendance shall forthwith report to the district court or trial justice within whose judicial district the illegal employment occurs the evidence in his possession relating to the illegal employment of any minor so apprehended, and shall make complaint against whomever the court or trial justice may direct. No supervisor of attendance shall knowingly and wilfully violate any provision of this section.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 93 ("Employment contrary to statute; taking minor to school; reporting evidence to court or justice; complaint; violation of statute") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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