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.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 48
Solemnization of marriage without authority; penalty
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