Miss. Code § 97-33-37

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 97-33-37 - Lotteries; advertising prohibited; sale of newspapers; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

If any newsdealer or other person shall, directly or indirectly, sell or offer for sale any newspaper or other publication containing a lottery advertisement, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) or imprisoned not less than ten (10) days, or both.

This section shall not apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.

Codes, 1892, § 1204; 1906, § 1282; Hemingway's 1917, § 1014; 1930, § 1043; 1942, § 2275.

Amended by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 61, eff. 9/1/2018.