As used in this chapter, the term:(a) 'Commission' means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.(b) 'Department' means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.(c) 'Pen-raised quail' means a quail that has been hatched from an egg laid by a quail confined in a pen or coop and has itself been wholly raised in a pen or coop by a duly licensed quail breeder holding a permit as provided by law from the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.(d) 'Quail' means all species of quail native to North America and coturnix quail.Codes, 1942, §§ 5922-02, 5922-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 185, §§ 2, 3; Laws, 1979, ch. 378, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 80, eff. 4/30/2000.
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