MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Anderson (110th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-29-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE UNNATURAL INTERCOURSE LAW TO REMOVE THE WORD "MANKIND"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-29-59. Every person who
shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature
committed * * * with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the
Penitentiary for a term of not more than ten (10) years.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.