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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1-1-2. Legislative intent.

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  1. The enactment of this Code is intended as a recodification, revision, modernization, and reenactment of the general laws of the State of Georgia which are currently of force and is intended, where possible, to resolve conflicts which exist in the law and to repeal those laws which are obsolete as a result of the passage of time or other causes, which have been declared unconstitutional or invalid, or which have been superseded by the enactment of later laws. Except as otherwise specifically provided by particular provisions of this Code, the enactment of this Code by the General Assembly is not intended to alter the substantive law in existence on the effective date of this Code.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Cross references

Effective date of Code, § 1-1-9.

Law reviews

For survey article on trial practice and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 299 (1982).

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