Any person who, except as permitted by law, willfully resists, impedes or interferes with the commission, permit board or any authorized representative of the department in the performance of duties under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 53-9-61
Criminal penalties; resisting, preventing, impeding, or interfering with performance of duties
Known as the Mississippi Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Law
The act spans §§ 53–53 (61 sections).
Laws, 1979, ch. 477, § 36; Laws, 1997, ch. 306, § 29, eff from and after passage (approved March 10, 1997
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