O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-599 (2019)

Punishment for misdemeanors under chapter

✓ 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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Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this chapter shall be subject to any one or more of the following, in the discretion of the trial judge: (1) A fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00; (2) A sentence of confinement in the county jail or other place of imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months; or (3) A sentence of confinement in a county correctional institution or other appropriate institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections not to exceed 12 months.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1941, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1053, § 11; Code 1981, § 21-2-598; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Code 1981, § 21-2-599, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-598 as present Code Section

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