Mississippi § 41-19-116 - Criminal offenses and penalties.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 41-19-116 — Criminal offenses and penalties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 41-19-116. Criminal offenses and penalties.
Any person who (a) knowingly and unlawfully or improperly causes a person to be adjudged to be a person with an intellectual disability, (b) procures the escape of a legally committed resident or knowingly conceals an escaped legally committed resident of Ellisville State School, or (c) unlawfully brings any firearm, deadly weapon or explosive into the school or its grounds, or passes any thereof to a resident, employee or officer of the school, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not less than six (6) months, or both.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-19-116 ("Criminal offenses and penalties.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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