1919 Mass. Acts 139
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1919 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act Relative to the Issuance of Search Warrants for the Seizure of Firearms, Weapons and Ammunition Kept for Unlawful Purposes, ch. 179, §§ 1-2: A court or justice authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases may, upon complaint under oath that the complainant believes that an unreasonable number of rifles, shot guns, pistols, revolvers or other dangerous weapons, or that an unnecessary quantity of ammunition, is kept or concealed for any unlawful purpose in a particular house or place, if satisfied that there is a reasonable cause for such belief, issue a warrant to search such property. § 2. If the court or justice finds that such property is kept for an unlawful purpose, it shall be forfeited and disposed of as the court or justice may by order direct. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. A court or justice authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases may, upon complaint under oath that the complainant believes that an unreasonable number of rifles, shot guns, pistols, revolvers or other dangerous weapons, or that an unnecessary quantity of ammunition, is kept or concealed for any unlawful purpose in a particular house or place, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, issue a warrant to search for such property. Section 2. If the court or justice finds that such property is kept for an unlawful purpose, it shall be forfeited and disposed of as the court or justice may by order direct. Section 3. The provisions of sections two to eight, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the Revised Laws, and acts in amendment thereof, shall apply to proceedings under this act. Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. | |
| dc.description.summary | This act authorized judges to issue search warrants upon probable cause that an unreasonable number of firearms or excessive ammunition was being kept for an unlawful purpose. Any weapons or ammunition found to be unlawfully possessed could be forfeited and disposed of by court order. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4222 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolves_Passed_by_the_General/KABAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=pistols | |
| dc.subject | POSSESSION | |
| dc.title | 1919 Mass. Acts 139 |