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Section 131x - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Effect of Secs. 131r to 131y on Ability of Law Enforcement Officer or Licensing Authority to Act Pursuant to Other Lawful Authority; Jurisdiction of Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court

MA Gen L ch 140 § 131x (2019) (N/A)
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Section 131X. (a) Sections 131R to 131Y, inclusive, shall not affect the ability of a law enforcement officer to remove firearms, rifles, shotguns, machine guns, weapons or ammunition from any person or conduct any search and seizure for firearms, rifles, shotguns, machine guns, weapons or ammunition pursuant to other lawful authority.

(b) Nothing in sections 131R to 131Y, inclusive, shall supersede or limit a licensing authority's ability to suspend or revoke a license that the licensing authority has issued pursuant to other lawful authority.

(c) Sections 131R to 131Y, inclusive, shall not impose any duty on a family or household member to file a petition and no family or household member shall be held criminally or civilly liable for failure to petition.

(d) The supreme judicial court and the appeals court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to review any proceedings had, determinations made, and orders or judgments entered in the court pursuant to section 131S or section 131T. The supreme judicial court or the appeals court, subject to section 13 of chapter 211A may by rule vary the procedure authorized or required for such review upon a finding that the review by the court will thereby be made more simple, speedy and effective.

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Section 131x - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Effect of Secs. 131r to 131y on Ability of Law Enforcement Officer or Licensing Authority to Act Pursuant to Other Lawful Authority; Jurisdiction of Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court