MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 97-37-21. Explosives; false report of placing.

It shall be unlawful for any person to report to another by any means that a bomb or other explosive has been, or is to be, placed or secreted in any public or private place, knowing that such report is false.  Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or both.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 2143.3; Laws, 1971, ch. 351, Sec. 1; 1979, ch. 485; Laws, 2002, ch. 384, § 1, HB 97, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 19, 2002).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2002.


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