Every person or attorney who shall file a false affidavit shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided by law. Every attorney who shall file a false affidavit, or who shall violate any other provision of Sections 97-9-11 through 97-9-23, upon final conviction thereof shall also be disbarred, by order of the court in which convicted. Any attorney who shall file a false affidavit, or violate any other provision of Sections 97-9-11 through 97-9-23, and who is not a member of the Mississippi Bar shall, in addition to the other penalties provided by Sections 97-9-11 through 97-9-23, be forever barred from practicing before any court or administrative agency of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-19
Champerty and maintenance; penalty for false affidavit
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 735 So. 2d 306 - Sneed v. Ford Motor Co. (1999)
Most recently applied in Demario Ferguson v. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (December 2015)
Codes, 1942, § 2049-05; Laws, 1956, ch. 253, § 5.
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