O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 39-2-6 (2019)

Employment of minors under 16 years of age generally - Sale or delivery of newspapers

✓ 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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Minors under 16 years of age may be employed to sell or deliver newspapers in residential areas between the hours of 5:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. but shall not be employed to sell or deliver newspapers between the hours of 9:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M., provided that such employment shall not be for a longer time than is provided in Code Section 39-2-7 and shall not be performed during school hours.

History

Ga. L. 1946, p. 67, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 39.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Improper issuance of employment certificate to minors. - Inasmuch as the provisions of Ga. L. 1946, p. 67, § 4 (see O.C.G.A. § 39-2-6) do not provide an exception to the general provisions of Ga. L. 1971, p. 638, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 39-2-9), the restrictions of that statute prohibiting employment of children under

14 years of age ‘‘in any gainful occupation at any time’’ would apply to children selling or delivering newspapers; therefore, it would be improper to issue an employment certificate to allow children under 14 years of age to sell or deliver newspapers. 1971 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 71-15.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Constitutionality, validity, construction, and application of statutes or

ordinances relating to sale of newspapers on the street, 107 A.L.R. 1275.