33-1-11 - Authority over civilians interfering with militia. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 33-1-11. Authority over civilians interfering with militia.
 

If any person shall interrupt, molest, or insult, by abusive words or behavior, or shall obstruct or interfere with any officer or enlisted man while on duty at any parade, drill or meeting of his military organization, or while engaged in the performance of any other proper military duty, he shall immediately be put under guard, and may be kept, at the discretion of the commissioned officer in charge, until the parade, drill meeting or duty is concluded; and the commissioned officer in charge may commit such person to any police officer or constable of any municipality or beat where such parade, drill, meeting, or duty is being performed, or the sheriff of the county, or his deputy, who shall hold such person for trial before a court having jurisdiction of the place, and any person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8519-125; Laws,  1966, ch. 539, § 84, eff from and after June 1, 1966.