THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)

Act 328 of 1931

750.102 Blasphemy; punishment. [M.S.A. 28.297 ]

Sec. 102. Punishment—Any person who shall wilfully blaspheme the holy name of God, by cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;--CL 1948, 750.102 .

Former Law: See section 17 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5872; CL 1871, § 7707; How., § 9293; CL 1897, § 11706; CL 1915, § 15480; and CL 1929, § 16832.



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