33-13-617 - Payment of fines, costs, and disposition thereof. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 33-13-617. Payment of fines, costs, and disposition thereof.
 

(1)  All fines and costs imposed by general court-martial shall be paid to the officer ordering such court, and/or to the officer commanding for the time being, and by said officer, within five (5) days from the receipt thereof, paid to the Adjutant General, who shall disburse the same as he may see fit for military purposes. 

(2)  All fines and costs imposed by special or summary court-martial shall be paid to the officer ordering the court, or the officer commanding for the time being, and by such officer, within five (5) days from the receipt thereof, paid to the Adjutant General to be placed to the credit of the military unit fund of the unit of which the person fined was a member when the fine was imposed. 

(3)  When the sentence of a court-martial adjudges a fine and cost against any person, and such fine and cost has not been fully paid within ten (10) days after the confirmation thereof, the convening authority shall issue a warrant of commitment directed to the sheriff of the county in which the court-martial was held or where the offense was committed, directing him to take the body of the person so convicted and confine him in the county jail for one (1) day for any fine not exceeding one dollar ($1.00) and one (1) additional day for every dollar above that sum. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8529-127; Laws,  1966, ch. 538, § 127; Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 97, eff from and after July 1, 1981.