[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy 5-17-1993 as Ch. 9.16 of the 1993 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No child under 16 years of age shall be, loiter or remain upon any street, highway, park or other public way or place in the City after the hour of 9:30 p.m. unless accompanied by, or under the control or care of, a parent, guardian or other adult person, or performing or returning from employment or the performance of some duty, directed in writing by such parent, guardian or other adult person, and no such child, while performing such duty, or returning from the performance thereof, or from employment, shall loiter upon any such street, highway, park or other public way or place.
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Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors, knowing it to be harmful to minors, or has in his possession any such matter with the intent to disseminate the same to minors, shall be punished by a fine of $200 for each offense and to a like fine for each day's continuance of such violation. It shall be an affirmative defense in any prosecution under this section that the defendant was in a parental or guardianship relationship with the minor. It shall be an affirmative defense under this section if the evidence proves that the defendant was a bona fide school, museum or library, or was acting in the course of his employment as an employee of such organization, or of a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purpose of such organization.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
B. 
The definitions of the words in this section shall be the same as those specified in MGL c. 272, as amended by Chapter 430 of the Acts of 1974.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, business, corporation or partnership to sell or cause to be sold to any person under the age of 21 nonalcoholic beer or any malt beverage with any alcoholic content, however much reduced.
B. 
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined $200 per offense.
[Added 11-10-2008 by Order No. 2008-304]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to give, sell or offer for sale or cause any person to give, sell or offer to sell a knife to any individual 17 years of age and younger unless said person is a parent or legal guardian of said individual.
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Any person selling knives shall positively establish the purchaser's age as of the date of sale to be 18 years or older by viewing a valid form of photographic identification such as a driver's license, Massachusetts identification card or passport.
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"Knife" shall be defined, in accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 269, § 10, as any stiletto, dagger or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any mechanism, dirk knife, any knife having a double-edge blade, or a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released from the handle, having a blade over 1 1/2 inches.
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Any person found in violation of this section shall be fined $300 per offense. Enforcement of this section may be by noncriminal disposition as provided for in MGL c. 40, § 21D, or by filing a criminal complaint in the Quincy District Court.
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For purposes of this section, the Police Department shall be the enforcing department.
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Violations of this section occurring at a place of business shall be the responsibility of the business owner and shall be referred to the Board of Licensing Commissioners for further appropriate action.