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O.C.G.A. § 42-8-20 — Short title | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 42-8-20 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 8. Probation, 42-8-1 through 42-8-159.

ARTICLE 2 STATE-WIDE PROBATION SYSTEM

42-8-20. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "State-wide Probation Act."

(Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.)

Cross references.

- Payments into the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund, T. 17, C. 15.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015, reenacted this Code section without change.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date."

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Exclusion of certain offenses.

- Offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment are expressly omitted from the provisions of Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 42-8-20 et seq.). Brown v. State, 246 Ga. 251, 271 S.E.2d 163 (1980).

Cited in Sentinel Offender Services, LLC v. Glover, 296 Ga. 315, 766 S.E.2d 456 (2014).

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