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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-7-45: Legislature; preventing or attempting to prevent meetings.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 7. Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government
Every person who wilfully, and by force or fraud, prevents, or attempts to prevent, the legislature, or either of the houses composing it, or any of the members thereof, from meeting or organizing, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not exceeding ten years.
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