Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 19. ATTORNEYS · Article 3. REGULATION OF PRACTICE OF LAW
15-19-56. Penalty for prohibited conduct.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
Any person, corporation, or voluntary association violating Code Section 15-19-51, 15-19-53, 15-19-54, or 15-19-55 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#
- (b)
Every officer, trustee, director, agent, or employee of a corporation or voluntary association who directly or indirectly engages in any of the acts prohibited in Code Section 15-19-51, 15-19-53, 15-19-54, or 15-19-55 or assists a corporation or voluntary association in performing the prohibited acts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The fact that the person is a duly and regularly admitted attorney at law shall not be held to permit or allow the corporation or voluntary association to do the acts prohibited in such Code sections, nor shall the fact be a defense upon the trial of any person mentioned therein for a violation of those Code sections. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent any court having jurisdiction from punishing the corporation or its officers for contempt.#
History
Ga. L. 1931, p. 191, § 1; Code 1933, § 9-9903; Ga. L. 1975, p. 755, § 1.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, page 431; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.