Miss. Code Ann. § 99-20-1: Short title; purpose.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 99. Criminal Procedure
- Chapter 20. Community Service Restitution
This chapter shall be known as the Mississippi Community Service Restitution Act. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an alternative method of punishment in cases in which the defendant would have otherwise been sentenced to a term of imprisonment.
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