SEC. 43-17-25. Fraudulent acts.

Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain or aids, or abets any child to obtain by means of a wilfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device:

(1) Assistance to which the child is not entitled; or

(2) Assistance greater than that to which he is justly entitled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned for not more than three (3) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty, the court shall take into consideration the amount of money fraudulently received.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 7183; Laws, 1940, ch. 294.

1997 Amendment:

SECTION 13. Section 43-17-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

43-17-25. Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any child to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation or other fraudulent device:

(1) TANF assistance to which the child is not entitled; or

(2) TANF assistance greater than that to which he is justly entitled, shall be subject to the criminal penalties prescribed in Section 97-19-71.

SOURCE:  1997 Laws, Chapter 316, Sec. 13, HB 766, Effective AP-March 12, 1997.