O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-13-21 (2019)

Definitions

✓ 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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As used in this article, the term:

(1) ‘‘Executive authority’’ includes the Governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state.

(2) ‘‘Governor’’ includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the laws of this state.

(3) ‘‘State,’’ referring to a state other than this state, includes the District of Columbia and any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America.

History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 726, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1754, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 31A Am. Jur. 2d, Extradition, § 65.

U.L.A. - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (U.L.A.) § 1.