1-1-33 - Code of 1972 supplied to officers. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 1-1-33. Code of 1972 supplied to officers.
 

Where any officer has received a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972 by virtue of his office and is required by law to deliver it to his successor in office, and the officer fails to deliver it to his successor, the successor may make application to the Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, in writing, setting forth that fact, and the joint committee, if satisfied of the truthfulness of the application, may issue to the applicant a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972. The joint committee may consider any official application for a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972, and if the facts warrant furnishing a code or codes as applied for, it shall be furnished to the applicant. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4218; Laws, 1932, ch. 329; Laws, 1999, ch. 310, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 8, 1999).