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 97-5-39 if the parent voluntarily delivers the child unharmed to an emergency medical services provider pursuant to Section 43-15-201.
SOURCES: Laws, 2001, ch. 484, § 3, HB 169; Laws, 2002, ch. 597, § 1, SB 2671, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 11, 2002).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2002.