SEC. 49-13-3. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

(a) "Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(b) "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(c) * * * "Pen-raised quail" means a quail that has been hatched from an egg laid by a quail confined in a pen or coop and has itself been wholly raised in a pen or coop by a duly licensed quail breeder holding a permit as provided by law from the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(d) * * * "Quail" * * * means all species of quail native to North America and coturnix quail.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Secs. 5922-02, 5922-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 185, Secs. 2, 3; 1979, ch. 378, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 80, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).

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