Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272 § 26

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 272:26 - Resorting to restaurants or taverns for immoral purposes; engaging in such acts therein

Whoever, for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall resort to any cafe, restaurant, tavern, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or other place where food or drink is sold or served to be consumed upon the premises, and whoever shall resort to any such place for the purpose of, in any manner, inducing another person to engage in immoral conduct, and whoever, being in or about any such place, shall engage in any such acts, and any person owning, managing or controlling such place and any employee of such person who induces or knowingly suffers any person to resort to, or be in such place for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 26