1-1-7 - Contents. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 1-1-7. Contents.
 

The Mississippi Code of 1972 shall cover all sections of and amendments to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Mississippi; all operative and effective sections of the Mississippi Code of 1930 and amendments thereto; all operative and effective sections of the Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled, and amendments thereto; and all operative and effective session laws of a general and permanent nature enacted since the publication of the Mississippi Code of 1930 down through the 1971 Regular Session of the Legislature. 
 

The Mississippi Code of 1972 shall contain, in addition to the material set out above, case notes or case statements covering pertinent court decisions construing or applying Mississippi statutes, volume and general indexes, and such other useful matters, tables, information, and ancillaries as the Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation deems to be desirable and practicable to include. Opinions of the Attorney General also may be annotated. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 1; 1871, § 1; 1880, § 1; 1892, § 1; 1906, § 1; 1930, § 1; 1942, §§ 2, 4, 12, 21-04; Laws,  1942, ch. 318; Laws, 1970, ch. 465, § 4; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 7; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 18, eff from and after July 1, 1998.