45-8-102. Failure of disorderly persons to disperse.


     45-8-102. Failure of disorderly persons to disperse. (1) Where two or more persons are engaged in disorderly conduct, a peace officer, judge, or mayor may order the participants to disperse. A person who purposely refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits the offense of failure to disperse.
     (2) A person convicted of the offense of failure to disperse shall be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 10 days, or both.

     History: En. 94-8-102 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-102.