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PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES

TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 273. DESERTION, NON-SUPPORT AND ILLEGITIMACY

DESTITUTE PARENTS

Chapter 273: Section 23. Needy disabled persons; neglect or refusal of parents to support; penalty

Section 23. The father or mother of any needy disabled person who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.