33-7-19 - Penalty for loss, destruction or retention of military property.
§ 33-7-19. Penalty for loss, destruction or retention of military property.
Every person who shall wantonly, carelessly, intentionally or through neglect, lose, injure or destroy, or permit the loss, injury or destruction of any uniform, part of uniform, arm, equipment or other article of military property issued by the United States or State of Mississippi for military purposes, or the property of any organization of the Mississippi National Guard, and refuse or fail to make good such loss, or who shall sell or dispose of, remove or secrete the same with the intent to sell or dispose thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Whosoever wrongfully purchases, retains, or who has in his possession any arm, accouterment, article of uniform, tool, implement, or any other military property, the property of the United States, the State of Mississippi or of any organization of the Mississippi National Guard, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned not exceeding six months (6), or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8519-41; Laws, 1966, ch. 539, § 30, eff from and after June 1, 1966.