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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-5. Computations of time.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    When a period of time measured in days, weeks, months, years, or other measurements of time is prescribed for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty, the first day shall not be counted but the last day shall be counted; and, if the last day falls on a weekend, the party having such privilege or duty shall have through the following business day to exercise such privilege or discharge such duty.#

  2. (b)

    When the last day prescribed for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty falls on a public and legal holiday as set forth in Code Section 1-4-1, the party having such privilege or duty shall have through the next business day to exercise such privilege or discharge such duty.#

  3. (c)

    When the period of time prescribed is less than seven days, intermediate weekends and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation.#

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, § 15-11-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-2/SB 364.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, pages 663 to 664; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.