O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-5-19 (2019)

Penalty for violating Code Section 42-5-16 or 42-5-17

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Any person who violates Code Section 42-5-16 or 42-5-17 shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five years.

History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1506, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 533, § 2/SB 366. Administrative rules and regulations. Institutional and Center Operations,

Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Chapter 125-3.

STATE/COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INST.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 72 C.J.S., Prisons and Rights of Prisoners, §§ 60 et seq., 99 et seq. ALR. Validity, construction, and application

of loitering statutes and ordinances, 72 A.L.R.5th 1.