2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 5 - Offenses Affecting Children.
97-5-41 - Carnal knowledge of step or adopted child; carnal knowledge of child by cohabitating partner.
§ 97-5-41. Carnal knowledge of step or adopted child; carnal knowledge of child by cohabitating partner.
(1) Any person who shall have carnal knowledge of his or her unmarried stepchild or adopted child younger than himself or herself and over fourteen (14) and under eighteen (18) years of age, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years.
(2) Any person who shall have carnal knowledge of an unmarried child younger than himself or herself and over fourteen (14) and under eighteen (18) years of age, with whose parent he or she is cohabiting or living together as husband and wife, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years.
Sources: Laws, 1984, ch. 390; Laws, 1985, ch. 389, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 1985.
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