Where any officer has received a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972 by virtue of his office and is required by law to deliver it to his successor in office, and the officer fails to deliver it to his successor, the successor may make application to the Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, in writing, setting forth that fact, and the joint committee, if satisfied of the truthfulness of the application, may issue to the applicant a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972. The joint committee may consider any official application for a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972, and if the facts warrant furnishing a code or codes as applied for, it shall be furnished to the applicant.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 1-1-11. Distribution of the Code of 1972
§ 1-1-12. Binding and identification of state-owned copies of Code of 1972
§ 1-1-13. When Code of 1972 to take effect
§ 1-1-21. Effect of repeals by Code of 1972 upon former rights
§ 1-1-22. Prior rights or actions involving taxes unaffected
§ 1-1-23. Effect of adoption of Code of 1972 upon offenses committed prior to effective date of Code
§ 1-1-24. Prior violations of law and civil causes of action unaffected
§ 1-1-25. No revival of repealed laws
§ 1-1-27. Vacation of offices by adoption of Code of 1972
§ 1-1-29. Effect of adoption of Code of 1972 upon private and local laws
§ 1-1-31. Severability provision of Code of 1972
§ 1-1-33. Code of 1972 supplied to officers
§ 1-1-35. Revised manuscript declared to be official Code of the state of Mississippi