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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-9. Expense allowance of persons who appear but are not sworn as trial or grand juror.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-9. Expense allowance of persons who appear but are not sworn as trial or grand juror.

The persons who appear in answer to the summons for trial or grand jury service shall receive the expense allowance for the day of their appearance even if they are not sworn as jurors.

## History

Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 225, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 874; Penal Code 1910, § 879; Code 1933, § 59-122; Ga. L. 1974, p. 325, § 3; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-9/HB 415.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’’’