It shall be an absolute affirmative defense to prosecution under Sections 97-5-1, 97-5-3 and 97-5-39 if the parent voluntarily delivers the child unharmed to an emergency medical services provider pursuant to Section 43-15-201.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-205
Affirmative defense to crime of child abandonment
Laws, 2001, ch. 484, § 3; Laws, 2002, ch. 597, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 11, 2002.
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