§ 1-3-79. Treatment of amendments to same section by different bills during single legislative session; effective dates
Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-1-109, whenever the same section of law is amended by different bills during the same session of the Legislature and the effective dates of the amendments to that section of law as specified in the bills are on different dates, the version of that section in each bill shall […]
§ 1-3-53. Sworn
The term “sworn,” when used in any statute, shall include the word “affirmed,” in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.
§ 1-3-81. Captions of title, chapter, article, subarticle, part or section of Mississippi Code of 1972
“Caption” means the words used to describe the substance of a title, chapter, article, subarticle, part or section of the Mississippi Code of 1972. Captions shall not constitute a part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 unless specifically so provided by law. The wording of captions that are not specifically provided to constitute law shall […]
§ 1-3-55. United States
The term “United States,” when used in any statute, shall include the District of Columbia and the territories, as well as the states of the union.
§ 1-5-1. Printing of general, local and private laws
The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide for and may enter into contracts for the complete, accurate and timely printing of the general laws and the local and private laws passed at each session of the Legislature.
§ 1-3-57. Unsound mind
The term “unsound mind,” when used in any statute in reference to persons, shall include persons with an intellectual disability, persons with mental illness, and persons non compos mentis.
§ 1-5-3. Disposition of general, local and private laws and journals of legislature; responsibility
The Office of the Secretary of State shall be responsible for the disposition of the general laws, local and private laws and journals of the Legislature as provided for by law.
§ 1-3-58. Ward
Whenever the term “ward” is used, it shall be liberally construed and held to include any and all persons under every form of legal disability, including, but not limited to, the disabilities of minority, intellectual disability, mental illness, unsound mind, alcoholism, addiction to drugs, and convicted felons.
§ 1-5-5. General laws and journals, local and private laws deposited in state law library
The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide five (5) volumes of the general laws and journals and five (5) volumes of the local and private laws of each session of the Legislature to the State Law Library.
§ 1-3-59. Will
The term “will,” when used in any statute, shall include codicils.