PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
TITLE III. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 207. MARRIAGE
PENALTIES
Chapter 207: Section 48. Solemnization of marriage without authority
Section 48. Whoever, not being duly authorized by the laws of the commonwealth, undertakes to join persons in marriage therein shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.