1-3-8. Binding effect of legislation upon state.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

The state is not bound by the passage of a law unless it is named therein or unless the words of the law are so plain, clear, and unmistakable as to leave no doubt as to the intention of the General Assembly.

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.

Civil Code 1895, § 3; Civil Code 1910, § 3; Code 1933, § 102-109.

History of Code section.: The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Lingo v. Harris, 73 Ga. 28 (1884), and Mayor of Brunswick v. King, 91 Ga. 524, 17 S.E. 940 (1892).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-t2-t3-(v3)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, pages 134 to 135; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 206dab95f27a.