SEC. 43-23-7. Retention of jurisdiction.

Sections 43-23-1, 43-23-3, 43-23-5, 43-23-7, 43-23-9, 43-23-11, 43-23-13, 43-23-15, 43-23-17, 43-23-19, 43-23-21, 43-23-23, 43-23-25, 43-23-27, 43-23-29, 43-23-31, 43-23-33, 43-23-35, 43-23-37, 43-23-39, 43-23-41, 43-23-43, 43-23-45, 43-23-47, 43-23-49, 43-23-51, 43-23-53 and 43-23-55, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provide for the establishment and operation of family courts, are repealed.

When jurisdiction shall have been obtained by the court in the case of any child, jurisdiction of such child as well as any offenses by him committed may be retained or resumed by the court until he becomes twenty years of age. However, if a child over eighteen years of age and under twenty years of age is convicted of a crime in a criminal court, that conviction shall terminate the jurisdiction of the family court.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 7187-04; Laws, 1964, ch. 328, Sec. 4, eff from and after passage (approved May 22, 1964). This section is repealed by Laws 1999, Ch. 432, Sec. 2 when such law is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.