Every witness shall be liable to prosecution and punishment for perjury committed by him in any examination. Moreover, if the perjury be manifest, such witness shall be guilty thereby of contempt of the senate or house, as the case may be, and shall be punished accordingly.
Miss. Code Ann. § 5-1-27
Perjury
Codes, 1892, § 2658; 1906, § 3018; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5406; 1930, § 5341; 1942, § 3338.
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