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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 99 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 99-NEW-001 — 99-51-3)
Chapter 19 - JUDGMENT, SENTENCE, AND EXECUTION (§§ 99-19-1 — 99-19-401)
IN GENERAL (§§ 99-19-1 — 99-19-77)
Section 99-19-31 - Penalty where none fixed elsewhere by statute
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MS Code § 99-19-31 (2023)
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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.
Codes, 1957, ch. 64, art. 356; 1871, § 2863; 1880, § 3098; 1892, § 1454; 1906, § 1527; Hemingway's 1917, § 1289; 1930, § 1314; 1942, § 2562; Laws, 1984, ch. 353, § 3, eff. 7/1/1984.
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