Any person who shall willfully break any seal containing the impounded files of the state sovereignty commission, or willfully examine, divulge, disseminate, alter, remove or destroy said files prior to July 1, 2027, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than three (3) years, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 39-5-63
Willful tampering with files
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 719 F. Supp. 1345 - American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc. v. Mabus (1989)
Most recently applied in 719 F. Supp. 1345 - American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc. v. Mabus (July 1989)
Laws, 1977, ch. 320, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved March 4, 1977
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