Mississippi Code
Article 1 - In General
§ 97-9-61. Perjury; penalty

Persons convicted of perjury shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary as follows: For perjury committed on the trial of any indictment for a capital offense or for any other felony, for a term not less than ten years; for perjury committed on any other judicial trial or inquiry, or in any other case, for a term not exceeding ten years.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 97 - Crimes

Chapter 9 - Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice

Article 1 - In General

§ 97-9-3. Court records and public papers; stealing, concealing, destroying, etc.

§ 97-9-5. Bribery; jurors, arbitrators, and referees accepting, and person promising them, punished

§ 97-9-7. Bribery; taking reward for compounding or concealing, etc. crime punishable by death or life imprisonment

§ 97-9-9. Bribery; taking reward for compounding or concealing crime punishable by less than life imprisonment

§ 97-9-11. Champerty and maintenance; solicitation and stirring up of litigation prohibited

§ 97-9-13. Champerty and maintenance; penalty

§ 97-9-15. Champerty and maintenance; affidavit of party

§ 97-9-17. Champerty and maintenance; affidavit of attorney representing party

§ 97-9-19. Champerty and maintenance; penalty for false affidavit

§ 97-9-21. Champerty and maintenance; immunity granted witnesses compelled to testify concerning violations; penalty for failure to testify

§ 97-9-23. Champerty and maintenance; exceptions; legislative intent

§ 97-9-25. Escape of inmates of state institutions; aiding, abetting, etc.

§ 97-9-27. Escape of prisoners; conveying articles useful for escape to felons

§ 97-9-29. Escape of prisoners; aiding escape of felons generally; rescuing prisoners from custody

§ 97-9-31. Escape of prisoners; aiding prisoners other than felons generally; conveying article useful for escape

§ 97-9-33. Escape of prisoners; aiding escapes from officers

§ 97-9-35. Escape of prisoners; permitting escape

§ 97-9-37. Escape of prisoners; private persons having custody of prisoner arrested on suspicion

§ 97-9-39. Escape of prisoners; refusal of officer, jailer, etc., to arrest or confine; refusal to receive prisoners at jail; suffering an escape; accepting bribe to permit escape

§ 97-9-41. Escape of prisoners; concealing or harboring escaped prisoner

§ 97-9-43. Escape of prisoners; escapee may be retaken after term expires and imprisoned until tried

§ 97-9-45. Escape of prisoners; penalty; willful failure to return to jail after being entrusted to leave

§ 97-9-47. Escape of prisoners; penalty for penitentiary convicts serving less than life term; attempt by force or violence

§ 97-9-53. Indictments; penalty for disclosing facts relating to indictment

§ 97-9-55. Intimidating judge, juror, witness, attorney, etc., or otherwise obstructing justice

§ 97-9-57. Officer not to converse with juror; penalty

§ 97-9-59. Perjury; definition

§ 97-9-61. Perjury; penalty

§ 97-9-63. Perjury; subornation of

§ 97-9-65. Perjury; bribery to procure

§ 97-9-69. Property levied on; removing without authority

§ 97-9-71. Property subject to seizure; refusing or failing to point out to officers

§ 97-9-73. Resisting or obstructing arrest; fleeing or eluding law enforcement officer in motor vehicle

§ 97-9-75. Resisting service of process

§ 97-9-77. Wills; alteration, destruction or secretion

§ 97-9-79. Misdemeanor; false information