As Amended
SEC. 73-3-41. Persons convicted felonies barred from admission; disbarment of licensed attorneys convicted of felonies [Repealed effective December 31, 2006].
Every person who has been or shall hereafter be convicted of felony in a court of this or any other state or a court of the United States, manslaughter or a violation of the Internal Revenue Code excepted, shall be incapable of obtaining a license to practice law. Any court of the State of Mississippi in which a licensed attorney shall have been convicted of a felony, other than manslaughter or a violation of the Internal Revenue Code, shall enter an order disbarring the attorney.
SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 26, art. 3(5); 1857, ch. 9, art. 6; 1871, Sec. 2249; 1880, Sec. 2400; 1892, Sec. 212; 1906, Sec. 218; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 192; 1930, Sec. 3695; 1942, Sec. 8667; reenacted without change, Laws, 1983, ch. 457, Sec. 7; 1991, ch. 560, Sec. 7, eff from and after July 1, 1991. Reenacted by Laws 1999, Ch. 372, Sec. 8, HB542; Reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 524, § 7, HB 782, eff from and after July 1, 2003.
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