97-5-40 - Condoning child abuse. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-5-40. Condoning child abuse.
 

(1)  Any parent, guardian, custodian, stepparent or any other person who lives in the household with a child, who knowingly condones an incident of felonious child abuse of that child, which consists of one or more violations of (a) subsection (2) of Section 97-5-39 or (b) felonious sexual battery of that child, which consists of one or more violations of Section 97-3-95 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. 

(2)  A person shall not be considered to have condoned child abuse merely because such person does not report an act of child abuse. 

(3)  The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other criminal law. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1989, ch. 566, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 557, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1992.