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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-1-10. Punishment for crimes for which punishment not otherwise provided.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-1-10. Punishment for crimes for which punishment not otherwise provided.

Any conduct that is made criminal by this title or by another statute of this state and for which punishment is not otherwise provided, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4395; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4436; Code 1873, § 4509; Code 1882, § 4509; Penal Code 1895, § 334; Penal Code 1910, § 339; Code 1933, § 26-5001; Code 1933, § 26-104, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

## Cross References

Punishment for misdemeanors generally, § 17-10-3.