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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-7

Adultery and fornication; between guardian and ward

Codes, 1892, § 956; 1906, § 1032; Hemingway’s 1917, § 757; 1930, § 775; 1942, § 2001; Laws, 1980, ch. 388, eff from and after passage (approved April 28, 1980

If any guardian and ward of such guardian, not being married to each other, shall have sexual intercourse each with the other, they shall for every such offense be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) each and the guardian shall be imprisoned not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.