Massachusetts General Laws ch. 149 sec. 123 – Inspections relative to apparatus for emery and buffing machinery; complaint; prosecution
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Section 123. Inspectors, upon receipt of a notice signed by any person having knowledge of the facts that any factory or workshop subject to sections one hundred and nineteen and one hundred and twenty is not provided with the apparatus prescribed thereby, shall visit and inspect such factory or workshop, and for that purpose may enter therein during working hours; and if they ascertain that the owner, proprietor or manager thereof has failed to comply with said sections, they shall make complaint to a court or trial justice having jurisdiction, and cause such owner, proprietor or manager to be prosecuted.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 149 sec. 123
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.