Repealed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-24-1
repealedRepealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 78, eff from and after July 1, 1979.
§ 43-24-1 . [Laws, 1977, ch. 474, § 8] §§ 43-24-3 , 43-21-5 . [Laws, 1977, ch. 474, §§ 9, 10; Laws, 1978, ch. 471, § 3] §§ 43-24-7 , 43-24-9 . [Laws, 1977, ch. 474, §§ 11, 12] Editor’s Notes — Former § 43-24-1 provided for a state central registry file to be kept by the state department of public welfare, listing information concerning reported abused children. For present similar provisions, see § 43-21-257 . Former § 43-24-3 related to the confidentiality of reports of harm to children made under the chapter. For present similar provisions, see § 43-21-257 . Former § 43-24-5 made it a misdemeanor to disclose information in the central registry and provided a penalty. For present similar provisions, see § 43-21-353 . Former § 43-24-7 authorized the state department of public welfare to maintain a statewide incoming wide area telephone service (WATS) for the reporting of cases of suspected child abuse. For present similar provisions, see § 43-21-353 . Former § 43-24-9 called for the cooperation of all law enforcement and other public agencies and officials with the courts and the state department of public welfare in the enforcement of the provisions of law with respect to battered and abused children.
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