2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS
Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events.
75-75-117 - Penalty for failure to obtain license.

§ 75-75-117. Penalty for failure to obtain license.
 

Any person who shall voluntarily engage in a pugilistic encounter, wrestling match or exhibition, for money or any other things of value, or for which an admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, or any person who shall be concerned directly or indirectly in the promotion of any boxing, wrestling, or sparring match or exhibition, or any person who acts or attempts to act as referee, judge, matchmaker, promoter, manager, trainer, director, second or timekeeper in connection with any boxing, wrestling or sparring match or exhibition in this state without first having obtained a license or permit from the commission, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one (1) year; or by fine not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00); or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months; or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1930, § 3651; 1942, § 8932; Laws,  1928, ch. 54; reenacted without change, Laws, 1983, ch. 483, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 517, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws,  1995, ch. 301, § 10; Laws, 1996, ch. 413, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1996.