As Amended
SEC. 43-15-205. Affirmative defense to crime of child abandonment.
It shall be an absolute affirmative defense to prosecution under Sections 97-5-1, 97-5-3 and 97-5-9 if the parent voluntarily delivers the child unharmed to an emergency medical services provider pursuant to Section 1 of this act.
SOURCES: Laws, 2001, ch. 484, § 3, HB 169, eff from and
after July 1, 2001.