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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 2. PERSONS AND THEIR RIGHTS

1-2-6. Rights of citizens generally.

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  1. (a)

    The rights of citizens include, without limitation, the following:#

    1. (1)

      The right of personal security;#

    2. (2)

      The right of personal liberty;#

    3. (3)

      The right of private property and the disposition thereof;#

    4. (4)

      The right of the elective franchise;#

    5. (5)

      The right to hold office, unless disqualified by the Constitution and laws of this state;#

    6. (6)

      The right to appeal to the courts;#

    7. (7)

      The right to testify as a witness;#

    8. (8)

      The right to perform any civil function; and#

    9. (9)

      The right to keep and bear arms.#

  2. (b)

    All citizens are entitled to exercise all their rights as citizens, unless specially prohibited by law.#

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.

History

Orig. Code 1863, §§ 1585, 1586; Code 1868, §§ 1648, 1649; Code 1873, §§ 1654, 1655; Code 1882, §§ 1654, 1655; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1808, 1809; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2165, 2166; Code 1933, §§ 79-205, 79-206.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Disability Constitutional Law,’’ see 63 Emory L.J. 527 (2014).

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