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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

1-2-7. Rights of female citizens generally.

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  1. Female citizens are entitled to the privilege of the elective franchise and have the right to hold any civil office or perform any civil function as fully and completely as do male citizens.

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, § 1587; Code 1868, § 1650; Code 1873, § 1656; Code 1882, § 1656; Civil Code 1895, § 1810; Ga. L. 1896, p. 40, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 2167; Ga. L. 1912, p. 62, § 1; Ga. L. 1916, p. 43, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 118, § 1; Ga. L. 1921, p. 106, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 79-207; Ga. L. 1975, p. 779, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 826, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 1.

Cross references

Sex discrimination in employment, T. 34, C. 5.

Other notes

History of Code section.
The language of this section is derived in part from the decision in Ex parte Hale, 145 Ga. 350, 89 S.E. 216 (1916).

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