73-3-47 - Partner of justice court judge prohibited from acting as attorney before such judge; penalty. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 73-3-47. Partner of justice court judge prohibited from acting as attorney before such judge; penalty.
 

If the partner in the practice of law of any justice court judge shall appear before such justice court judge of his district, as attorney or counsel in any case, civil or criminal, or in any appeal from the judgment of such officer, or in any certiorari to such officer, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1906, § 222; Hemingway's 1917, § 196; 1930, § 3699; 1942, § 8671; Laws,  1904, ch. 138; reenacted and amended, 1983, ch. 457, § 10; reenacted, 1991, ch. 560, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 372, § 11; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 524, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 471, § 10, eff from and after July 1, 2006.