Section 27. The department shall fix and mark the bounds of the province lands within its jurisdiction and establish regulations for the care thereof.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 91 sec. 27

  • Department: shall mean the department of conservation and recreation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 91 sec. 1
  • 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.

The department may make rules and regulations relative to hunting on or other uses of the province lands; provided, that such rules and regulations shall be consistent with all laws in relation to the protection of birds and mammals. No such regulation shall prohibit hunting within said lands except the hunting of deer. Whoever violates any provision of any such rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. The aforesaid rules and regulations may be enforced by any state police officer, by any town police officer or by any constable, sheriff or deputy sheriff empowered to serve criminal process.

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