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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 10. MAGISTRATE COURTS · Article 8. MAGISTRATE TRAINING

15-10-131. Definitions.

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  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    ‘‘Certified magistrate’’ means a magistrate judge who has the appropriate required certificate of training issued by the council and on file with the council or a magistrate judge who is exempt from such training by subsection (d) of Code Section 15-10-137.#

  3. (2)

    ‘‘Council’’ means the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council.#

  4. (3)

    ‘‘School’’ means any school, college, university, academy, or training program approved by the council and the Judicial Council of Georgia which offers basic, in-service, advanced, specialized, or continuing judicial training or a combination thereof and includes within its meaning a combination of course curriculum, instructors, and facilities which meet the standards required by the council.#

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

Code 1981, § 15-10-131, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1416, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15.

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