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CHAPTER 104 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PRINTED COPIES OF PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES CODE ANNOTATED OR THE UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE AND OTHER FEDERAL REGULATIONS AS EVIDENCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 75 of chapter 233 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, added by section 1 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Printed copies of rules and regulations purporting to be issued by authority of any department, commission, board or officer of the commonwealth or of any city or town having authority to adopt them, or printed copies of any city ordinances or town by-laws, or printed copies of the United States Code Annotated or the United States Code Service and all federal regulations, and the titles, chapters, subchapters, parts and sections thereof, shall be admitted without certification or attestation, but, if their genuineness is questioned, the court shall require such certification or attestation thereof as it deems necessary.

Approved June 25, 1984.