43-21-267 - Penalty for violation. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 43-21-267. Penalty for violation.
 

(1)  Any person who shall disclose or encourage the disclosure of any records involving children or the contents thereof without the proper authorization under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

(2)  Nothing herein shall prevent the youth court from finding in civil contempt, as provided in Section 43-21-153, any person who shall disclose any records involving children or the contents thereof without the proper authorization under this chapter. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1979, ch. 506, § 31, eff from and after July 1, 1979.