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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 99 - Criminal Procedure » Chapter 17 - Trial » § 99-17-23. Dueling; offender compelled to testify against another

If any person offend against any of the provisions of Sections 97-39-1 to 97-39-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, headed Dueling, such person shall be a competent witness against any other person offending in the same transaction, and may be compelled to appear and give evidence in the same manner as other witnesses; but the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying, except for perjury in giving such testimony; and the fact that he testified thereof shall be a bar to any prosecution against him for such transaction.