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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-2-22. Criminal penalty for violations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-2-22. Criminal penalty for violations.

Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, society, or association who shall violate this article, relating to weights and measures in general, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 821.; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 263, § 1; Code 1863, § 4458; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 231, § 5; Code 1868, § 4502; Code 1873, § 4590; Code 1882, § 4590; Penal Code 1895, § 661; Penal Code 1910, § 706; Code 1933, § 112-9901; Ga. L. 1941, p. 510, § 9; Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 2; Code 1981, § 10-2-21; Code 1981, § 10-2-22, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 811, § 1.