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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Article 1. ABUSE OF GOVERNMENTAL OFFICE

16-10-1. Violation of oath by public officer.

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

  1. (a)

    Any public officer who willfully and intentionally violates the terms of his or her oath as prescribed by law shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#

  2. (b)

    Any peace officer, as such term is defined in Code Section 35-8-2, who has sworn the oath or oaths prescribed in Code Sections 15-16-4 and 45-3-7 shall be subject to prosecution under this Code section only for violations of such oath or oaths as prescribed.#

  3. (c)

    No individual shall be subject to prosecution for violation of his or her oath of office under this Code section, except where such violation is predicated upon the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.#

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 1933, § 26-2302, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 497, § 4/HB 582, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) and (c).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 497, § 1/HB 582, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Survivor Justice Act.’”

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

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 64 to 65; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 9c8d97e7499f.