Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his charge, or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with the law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 33-13-491
Releasing prisoner without proper authority
Known as the Mississippi Code
The act spans §§ 33–33 (136 sections).
Codes, 1942, § 8529-94; Laws, 1966, ch. 538, § 94, eff from and after June 1, 1966.
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