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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-1-453. Penalty for unauthorized and deceitful use of name or seal.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-453. Penalty for unauthorized and deceitful use of name or seal.

Any firm, person, corporation, or association who shall use the name or seal of any other person, firm, corporation, or association, in and about the sale of goods or otherwise, not being authorized to use the same, knowing that such use is unauthorized, with intent to deceive the public in the sale of goods, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 134, § 6; Ga. L. 1895, p. 63, § 2; Penal Code 1895, § 255; Ga. L. 1896, p. 108, § 4; Penal Code 1910, § 257; Code 1933, § 106-9904.