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O.C.G.A. § 1-4-2 — Religious holidays | Georgia Code

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TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 4. Holidays and Observances, 1-4-1 through 1-4-22.

1-4-2. Religious holidays.

The only days to be declared, treated, and considered as religious holidays shall be the first day of each week, called Sunday.

(Ga. L. 1943, p. 331, § 2.)

Cross references.

- Operation of motion picture theaters and holding of athletic events, games, and contests on Sunday, § 10-1-550 et seq.

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.

Penalty for discharging firearm on Sunday, § 16-11-105.

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, 5, 9 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.

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