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§ 97-5-7. Enticing child for employment.

Any person who shall persuade, entice or decoy away from its father or mother with whom it resides any child under the age of eighteen (18) years, being unmarried, for the purpose of employing such child without the consent of its parents, or one of them, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both.

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2755; 1892, § 1003; 1906, § 1080; Hemingway's 1917, § 807; 1930, § 827; 1942, § 2053; Laws, 1980, ch 357, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1980).

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§ 97-5-7. Enticing child for employment.

Any person who shall persuade, entice or decoy away from its father or mother with whom it resides any child under the age of eighteen (18) years, being unmarried, for the purpose of employing such child without the consent of its parents, or one of them, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both.

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2755; 1892, § 1003; 1906, § 1080; Hemingway's 1917, § 807; 1930, § 827; 1942, § 2053; Laws, 1980, ch 357, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1980).

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§ 97-5-7. Enticing child for employment.

Any person who shall persuade, entice or decoy away from its father or mother with whom it resides any child under the age of eighteen (18) years, being unmarried, for the purpose of employing such child without the consent of its parents, or one of them, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both.

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2755; 1892, § 1003; 1906, § 1080; Hemingway's 1917, § 807; 1930, § 827; 1942, § 2053; Laws, 1980, ch 357, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1980).