25-4-31 - Fines and penalties. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 25-4-31. Fines and penalties.
 

(1)  Any person who violates the confidentiality of a commission proceeding pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or be both fined and imprisoned. 

(2)  Any person who willfully and knowingly files a false complaint with the commission or who willfully affirms, reports or swears falsely in regard to any material matter before a commission proceeding is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

(3)  Any person who, having been served with written notice of delinquency, shall fail to file a disclosure statement as required by this chapter within one (1) year of the date the statement is due, or who shall, although filing such statement, knowingly fail to disclose information required by this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 
 

Sources: Laws,  1979, ch. 508, §§ 11, 12; reenacted, Laws, 1982, ch. 488, § 17; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 348, § 17; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 491; Laws, 1995, ch. 360, § 17; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 350, § 17; Laws, 2008, ch. 562, § 11, eff August 5, 2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section.)