Any person who violates any provision of Section 97-5-33 shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) nor more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years nor more than forty (40) years. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of Section 97-5-33 shall be fined not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) nor more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) and shall be confined in the custody of the Department of Corrections for life or such lesser term as the court may determine, but not less than twenty (20) years.
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