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O.C.G.A. § 1-4-2 (2019)

Religious holidays

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The only days to be declared, treated, and considered as religious holidays shall be the first day of each week, called Sunday.

History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 331, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. - Requirement that businesses and industries operating on either Saturday or Sunday accommodate religious, social, and physical needs

of employees on those days, § 10-1-573. Prohibition against requiring inmates to do nonessential work on Sunday, § 42-5-40.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Sunday, a religious holiday, is dies non juridicus (a nonjudicial day). Parker v. Mayor of Savannah, 216 Ga. 210, 115 S.E.2d 555 (1960).

Cited in Cain v. Lumpkin County, 229 Ga. 274, 190 S.E.2d 910 (1972); In re Estate of Dasher, 259 Ga. App. 201, 575 S.E.2d 921 (2002).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Sundays and Holidays, §§ 1, 2, 4, 11 et seq. C.J.S. - 83 C.J.S., Sunday, §§ 1, 3.

ALR. - Power of municipal corporation to legislate as to Sunday observance, 37 A.L.R. 575.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: In Re Est. of Dasher, 576 S.E.2d 559 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002).
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In Re Est. of Dasher, 576 S.E.2d 559 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “Indeed, OCGA § 1-4-2 states that the only days to be declared, treated, and considered as religious holidays shall be the first day of each week, called Sunday.”
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