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Section 1Suspension of execution; payment of fine; probation; revocation of suspension; exceptions
Section 1ASuspension of execution of sentence; probation; child support payments
Section 1BFunds collection and disbursement; single point for clerk-magistrate and probation offices
Section 2Suspension of execution of orders of commitment to Massachusetts reformatory, etc.
Section 3Arrest without warrant of person on probation; notice of surrender; surrender hearing; warrant for arrest of persons already imprisoned; application for disposition; temporary custody
Section 3AMotion of district attorney for sentence
Section 4Imposition of sentence; stay of execution
Section 4ARepealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 50
Section 4BNotice to victim of sentencing proceedings; oral or written statements
Section 5Sentence if no punishment is provided by statute
Section 6Sentence to jail or house of correction
Section 6ASpecial sentence of imprisonment; eligible offenders; revocation or rescission of special sentence; subsequent crimes
Section 7Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine
Section 8Commitments upon two or more sentences
Section 8ADetermination of time of taking effect of sentence; “from and after” sentence
Section 8BCommission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence
Section 9Second sentence for non-payment of fine
Section 10Conditional sentence
Section 11Punishment by imprisonment only or by fine only when law prescribes both
Section 12Recognizance of husband convicted of assault upon wife
Section 13Recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behavior
Section 14Recognizance; filing; proceedings on breach of condition
Section 15Sentence to jail or house of correction in any county
Section 16Sentencing of female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham
Section 17Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 14
Section 18Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 15
Section 19Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony
Section 20Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor
Section 21Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 49
Section 22Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
Section 23Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction
Section 24Indeterminate sentence to state prison
Section 25Punishment of habitual criminals
Section 26Further sentence of convict in state prison
Section 27Immediate execution of sentence to state prison of convict sentenced to jail or house of correction
Section 28Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 17
Section 29Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
Section 30Vacation of office from time of sentence to state prison
Section 31Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 18
Section 32Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 19
Section 33Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 20
Section 33ACredit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial
Section 34Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence
Section 35Transmission of complaint or indictment to correctional institution
Section 36Sentences to state farm
Section 37Setting out statutory name of crime in warrant for commitment
Section 38Powers of sheriff or constable in execution of warrant of commitment
Section 39Return of precept to magistrate
Section 40Service of new warrant of commitment upon convict
Section 41Default of corporation
Section 42Warrant of distress to compel payment of penalty or assessment
Section 43 to 56Repealed, 1982, 554, Sec. 5
Section 57Death sentence; pronouncement or revocation of stay; warrant of conviction; execution of sentence; certified copy of record to governor
Section 58Death sentence confinement; psychiatric examination; transfer or failure to transfer to general prison population; appeal; hearing; annual record review; court order
Section 59Execution of death sentence; time constraints
Section 60Means of execution of death sentence
Section 61Capital crime conviction; imposition of sentence; insane and pregnant persons
Section 62Delay in execution of death sentence; insanity or pregnancy of prisoner; psychiatric examination and written certification
Section 63Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon
Section 64Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions
Section 65Witnesses; execution of death sentence
Section 66Execution of death sentence; post mortem examination
Section 67Warrant for execution of death sentence; return to clerk of court after execution
Section 68Special jury questions for first degree murder; presentence hearing upon conviction for consideration of death penalty; consideration by jury of aggravating and mitigating circumstances; determination by jury; sentence by court; validity of conviction
Section 69Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases
Section 70Death penalty imposed; jury findings necessary
Section 71Review of death sentence; remand; reversal; affirmation