The commission may apply to the circuit or chancery court, by proper proceeding, for aid in the enforcement of obedience to its process, and to compel compliance with Title 77, Mississippi Code of 1972, and its lawful rules, regulations, orders, decisions, and determinations. Said courts shall have jurisdiction to grant aid and relief in such cases, subject to the right of appeal to the Supreme Court by the party aggrieved. The commission itself may, by order after notice and hearing, institute such proceedings or, at the request of the commission by order after notice and hearing, the Attorney General, or district attorney in his district, shall institute such proceedings in the name of the commission.
Codes, 1892, § 4286; 1906, § 4838; Hemingway's 1917, § 7623; 1930, § 7040; 1942, §§ 7701, 7817; Laws, 1938, ch. 139; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 389, § 22; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1990, ch. 530, § 20; reenacted without change, Laws, 1993, ch. 616, § 18; reenacted without change, Laws, 1996, ch. 526, § 19; reenacted without change, 1998, ch. 303, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 452, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 386, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 406, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 456, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 542, § 19, eff. 7/1/2012.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2020, ch. 387, SB 2386,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2020.Reenacted and amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 402, SB 2295,§ 19, eff. 7/1/2018.Reenacted by Laws, 2016, ch. 437, HB 499, 19, eff. 7/1/2016.Reenacted by Laws, 2013, ch. 332, SB 2567, 19, eff. 7/1/2013.