If the father or mother of any child under the age of six years, or any other person having the lawful custody of such child, or to whom such child shall have been confided, shall expose such child in any highway, street, field, house, outhouse, or elsewhere, with intent wholly to abandon it, such person shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than seven years, or in the county jail not more than one year.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Affecting Children
§ 97-5-1. Abandonment of child under age six
§ 97-5-3. Desertion or nonsupport of child under age eighteen
§ 97-5-5. Enticing child for concealment, prostitution or marriage
§ 97-5-7. Enticing child for employment
§ 97-5-9. Iceboxes, etc.; abandonment without removing latch prohibited
§ 97-5-11. Pool room or billiard hall; certain minors prohibited from entering
§ 97-5-31. Exploitation of children; definitions
§ 97-5-35. Exploitation of children; penalties