Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CORPORATIONS · Article 3. CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED FOR RELIGIOUS, FRATERNAL, OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

14-5-49. Applicability of Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 to other societies.

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Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 shall be so construed as to apply to all societies whether social, charitable, secret, or masonic or by whatever name they may be called; and all criminal laws for the protection of religious societies shall be so construed as to apply to all societies by whatever name they may be called.

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

Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 272, § 1; Code 1873, § 2346; Code 1882, § 2346; Civil Code 1895, § 2356; Civil Code 1910, § 2829; Code 1933, § 22-412; Code 1933, § 22-5510, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.

Editor's notes

In light of the similarity of the provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, § 22-412, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

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