As Amended
SEC. 97-21-33. Penalty for forgery.
Persons convicted of forgery shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two (2) years nor more than fifteen (15) years, provided, however, that when the amount of value involved is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) in lieu of the punishment above provided for, the person convicted may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than twelve (12) months, within the discretion of the court.
SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(42); 1857, ch. 64, art. 124; 1871, Sec. 2588; 1880, Sec. 2840; 1892, Sec. 1119; 1906, Sec. 1200; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 930; 1930, Sec. 957; 1942, Sec. 2187; Laws, 1928, ch. 38; 1970, ch. 343, Sec. 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 2, 1970).