§ Miss. Code § 23-15-811Penalties

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(a) Any candidate or any other person who shall wilfully and deliberately and substantially
violate the provisions and prohibitions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars
($3,000.00) or imprisoned for not longer than six (6) months or by both fine and imprisonment.
(b) In addition to the penalties provided in paragraph (a) of this section, any candidate or
political committee which is required to file a statement or report which fails to file such
statement or report on the date in which it is due may be compelled to file such statement or
report by an action in the nature of a mandamus.
(c) No candidate shall be certified as nominated for election or as elected to office unless and
until he files all reports required by this article due as of the date of certification.
(d) No candidate who is elected to office shall receive any salary or other remuneration for
the office unless and until he files all reports required by this article due as of the date such
salary or remuneration is payable.
(e) In the event that a candidate fails to timely file any report required pursuant to this article
but subsequently files a report or reports containing all of the information required to be reported
by him as of the date on which the sanctions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section would be
applied to him, such candidate shall not be subject to the sanctions of said paragraphs (c) and (d).

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