Section 140:122C - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Illegal sale of self-defense spray; penalty(a) As used in this section and section 122D, "self-defense spray" shall mean chemical mace, pepper spray or any device or instrument which contains, propels or emits a liquid, gas, powder or other substance designed to incapacitate.(b) Whoever, not being licensed as provided in section 122B, sells self-defense spray shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years.(c) Whoever sells self-defense spray to a person younger than 18 years of age, if the person younger than 18 years of age does not have a firearms identification card, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.(d) A person under 18 years of age who possesses self-defense spray and who does not have a firearms identification card shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 122C
Added by Acts 2014 , c. 284, § 22, eff. 8/13/2014.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.