16-1-4. When conduct constitutes a crime; power of court to punish contempt or enforce orders, civil judgments, and decrees.

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No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is described as a crime in this title or in another statute of this state. However, this Code section does not affect the power of a court to punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order, civil judgment, or decree.

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.

Code 1933, § 26-201, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Exercise of contempt power generally, § 15-1-4.

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