The purpose of this chapter is to legalize the sale within this state of light wines and beer, to legalize the manufacture of beer, and to regulate the business of manufacturing and of selling light wines and beer so as to prevent the illicit manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages as defined in Section 67-1-5, the manufacture and sale of which it is not the purpose of this chapter to legalize.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-1
Declaration of purpose
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 856 So. 2d 621 - Moore v. K & J ENTERPRISES (2003)
Most recently applied in 856 So. 2d 621 - Moore v. K & J ENTERPRISES (June 2003)
Codes, 1942, § 10211; Laws, 1934, ch. 171; Laws, 1998, ch. 306, § 3; Laws, 2012, ch. 323, § 3; Laws, 2012, ch. 501, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2012.
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