O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-5-49 (2019)

Applicability of Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 to other societies

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 shall be so construed as to apply to all societies whether social, charitable, secret, or masonic or by whatever name they may be called; and all criminal laws for the protection of religious societies shall be so construed as to apply to all societies by whatever name they may be called.

History

(Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 272, § 1; Code 1873, § 2346; Code 1882, § 2346; Civil Code 1895, § 2356; Civil Code 1910, § 2829; Code 1933, § 22-412; Code 1933, § 22-5510, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the provisions, decisions under

former Code 1933, § 22-412, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Applicability to unincorporated labor union. - An unincorporated labor union was such a society as was contemplated by former Code 1933, §§ 22-409 through 22-412 and 22-415 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 and O.C.G.A. § 14-5-50), and was not subject to suit as an association of individuals, the suit not purporting to proceed against the

members individually or as partners, and it not having been incorporated and not having had its name, style, objects, and the names of its trustees or officers recorded as required by law. Smith v. International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 58 Ga. App. 26, 197 S.E. 349 (1938) (decided under former Code 1933, § 22-412).