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O.C.G.A. § 42-5-17 — Loitering near inmates after being ordered to desist | Georgia Code

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TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 5. Correctional Institutions of State and Counties, 42-5-1 through 42-5-125.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-5-17. Loitering near inmates after being ordered to desist.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loaf, linger, or stand around where inmates are employed or kept after having been ordered by the warden, superintendent, or designated representative in charge of the inmates to desist therefrom.

(Ga. L. 1903, p. 71, § 5; Penal Code 1910, § 1234; Code 1933, § 77-406; Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Prohibition against solicitation of business by professional bondsmen at places where prisoners are confined, § 17-6-52.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Penal and Correctional Institutions, §§ 70-76.

C.J.S.

- 72 C.J.S., Prisons and Rights of Prisoners, §§ 100-102.

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and application of loitering statutes and ordinances, 72 A.L.R.5th 1.

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