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2 <strong>of</strong> 2 <strong>DOCUMENTS</strong><br />
<strong>ANNOTATED</strong> <strong>LAWS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>MASSACHUSETTS</strong><br />
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*** Current through Acts 464 <strong>of</strong> the 2012 Legislative Session ***<br />
PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES<br />
TITLE I CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS<br />
Chapter 269 Crimes Against Public Peace<br />
GO TO <strong>MASSACHUSETTS</strong> CODE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY<br />
ALM GL ch. 269, § 18 (2012)<br />
§ 18. Reporting Hazing Offense; Penalty for Failure to Report Violation.<br />
Whoever knows that another person is the victim <strong>of</strong> hazing as defined in section seventeen and is at the scene <strong>of</strong> such<br />
crime shall, to the extent that such person can do so without danger or peril to himself or others, report such crime to an<br />
appropriate law enforcement <strong>of</strong>ficial as soon as reasonably practicable. Whoever fails to report such crime shall be<br />
punished by a fine <strong>of</strong> not more than one thousand dollars.<br />
HISTORY: 1985, 536; 1988, 665.<br />
NOTES: Editorial Note<br />
The 1987 amendment in the second sentence, increased the maximum fine from $500 to $1000.<br />
Jurisprudence<br />
68 Am Jur 2d, Schools § 347.<br />
Annotations<br />
Tort liability <strong>of</strong> college, university, fraternity, or sorority for injury or death <strong>of</strong> member or prospective member by<br />
hazing or initiation activity. 68 ALR4th 228.<br />
Validity, construction, and application <strong>of</strong> "hazing" statutes. 30 ALR5th 683.<br />
Law Reviews<br />
Hyman, Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue. 84 Tex. L. Rev. 653 (February,<br />
2006).