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O.C.G.A. § 42-5-19 — Penalty for violating Code Section 42-5-16 or 42-5-17 | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 42-5-19 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-5-19. Penalty for violating Code Section 42-5-16 or 42-5-17.

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.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1506, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 533, § 2/SB 366.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Penal and Correctional Institutions, §§ 70-76, 95.

C.J.S.

- 72 C.J.S., Prisons and Rights of Prisoners, §§ 61, 62, 73, 100-102.

ALR.

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

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