Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 9. CONTRACTS FOR FUTURE DELIVERY OF COTTON, GRAIN, ETC.

13-9-6. Maintenance or operation of bucket shop.

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(a)
As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘bucket shop’’ means any place of business in which contracts of the nature provided for in Code Section 13-9-3 are made.#
(b)
The maintenance or operation of a bucket shop is prohibited.#
(c)
Any person, either as agent or principal, who maintains or operates a bucket shop shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding two years.#

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.

Ga. L. 1929, p. 245, §§ 4, 6; Code 1933, §§ 20-604, 20-9901.

Keeping a gambling place, § 16-12-23.

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