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2016 Mississippi Code
Title 99 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 19 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution
In General (§§ 99-19-1 - 99-19-77)
§ 99-19-31. Penalty where none fixed elsewhere by statute
MS Code § 99-19-31 (2016) What's This?
Offenses for which a penalty is not provided elsewhere by statute, and offenses indictable at common law, and for which a statutory penalty is not elsewhere prescribed, shall be punished by fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($ 1,000.00) and imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or either.
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