O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-10-156 (2019)

Grounds for continuance - Occupation of counsel as Attorney General in aid of General Assembly

✓ 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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When any case pending in the courts of this state in which the Attorney General is of counsel is scheduled to be called for any purpose during sessions of the General Assembly or during a period of 15 days preceding or following sessions of the General Assembly, on motion of the Attorney General or an assistant attorney general, it shall be a good ground for continuance that the Attorney General and his staff are occupied in aid of the business of the General Assembly.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 700, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. Corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, § 17-8-27. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Continuance, § 10et seq.

C.J.S. 17 C.J.S., Continuances, § 53.