2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person.
97-3-52 - Prohibition against selling, buying, offering to sell and offering to buy child or unborn child; penalties.
§ 97-3-52. Prohibition against selling, buying, offering to sell and offering to buy child or unborn child; penalties.
(1) Selling, buying, offering to sell and offering to buy a child or an unborn child is prohibited and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or both.
(2) This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit any payment to an entity licensed for child placing or as otherwise authorized under Section 43-15-117.
Sources: Laws, 2009, ch. 450, § 13, eff from and after July 1, 2009.
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