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Any person who commits adultery shall be fined at least twenty dollars.


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61-8-3. Adultery and fornication; penalty.

If any person commit adultery or fornication, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars.

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